mass rename files

tiaratiara · 02-27-2009, 07:25 PM

I tried this to rename lots of html files(ex. weraw.html, wer1.html.html)into cc_1.html,cc_2.html,cc_3.html etc.

#!/bin/bash
for i in *.html
do
x="$i"
mv $i "cc_"$x.html
done

I guess the error lies in not successfully change i into a string.
How to fix that?

syg00 · 02-27-2009, 07:44 PM

I think you're missing something - why don't you replace the mv with an echo of $i and $x.
Might give you some hints.

jschiwal · 02-27-2009, 08:22 PM

Is `i' supposed to be an integer, or the original name of the file? Your description indicates an integer, while your code indicates that you want to precede each filename with cc_.

Code:

# Produce an array of the original files
original_files=(*.html)

# Use the index + 1 to rename the file:
for (( index=0; index<${#original_files[@]}; index++ )); do
  mv "${original_files[$index]}" "cc_$(($index+1)).html"
done

Code:

for file in *.html; do
  mv "${file}" cc_"${file}"
done

If these files contain links to each other, you will be creating problems for yourself by breaking these links.

tiaratiara · 02-27-2009, 08:49 PM

Thanks you for your advice!!!
I want i to be an integer but I don't set well...

I just done this by

#!/bin/bash
j=1;
for i in *; do
if [[ $j -lt 1000 ]]; then
mv "${i}" "cc_${j}.html";

fi;
j=$(($j+1));

done