HELP! BASH - Convert filenames from dsc00***.jpg to *.jpg

jimmybond01 · 05-07-2007, 12:03 PM

Hi!

For a web project I'm doing I need to convert all my digital camera files from their dsc00***.jpg to ***.jpg. Basically, I need to remove the dsc00 part in the filenames of around 500 files. How do I go about doing this in BASH. Can anyone please help me with this?

Thanks a lot!

-WHOMAI

jschiwal · 05-07-2007, 12:08 PM

Code:

for fname in DSC00*.jpg; do
   mv "$fname" "${fname#DSC00}"
done

hashash · 05-07-2007, 12:10 PM

Am a tsch person.. (thats another shell like BASH).

You should be able to convert this into bash...

>foreach i ( dsc00*jpg )
foreach? set j = `echo $i|sed -e 's/dsc00//'`
foreach? mv $i $j
foreach? end

they key line is to use sed (stream-editor) to get the file name without dsc00

the syntax s/dsc00// is explained as:
subsitute dsc00 with nothing..

hope that helps.

hashash · 05-07-2007, 12:11 PM

jschiwal: neat

Tinkster · 05-07-2007, 07:15 PM

Code:

rename dsc00 ''  *jpg

Cheers,
Tink

syg00 · 05-07-2007, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hashash

jschiwal: neat

+1

@Tink, my "rename" wants a perl regex as parameter 1 - it didn't like your solution at all.

Tinkster · 05-08-2007, 12:43 AM

Hmmm ... works in slackware :}

In Slack it's not a perl-script but a binary, part
of the util-linux package ...

[edit]
Funny. Debilian and Ubunut both don't seem to have
the file as part of util-linux, even though the original
changelog entry mentions it, and the Debilian.gz doesn't
mention its removal ...
[/edit]

Cheers,
Tink

jlinkels · 05-08-2007, 06:09 AM

AFAIK it is perl in Debian and the correct command is:

rename s/dsc00// dsc00*.jpg

Maybe this is what syg00 meant by 'regular expression'.

jlinkels

syg00 · 05-08-2007, 06:14 AM

T'was indeed; I've been trying to find Tink's util-linux version on a Ubuntu laptop.
Not being a regular Debian (or Slack for that matter) user.

radoulov · 05-08-2007, 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmybond01

[...]
Basically, I need to remove the dsc00 part in the filenames of around 500 files. How do I go about doing this in BASH.
[...]

In bash?

Code:

zsh -c "autoload zmv && zmv 'dsc00(*).jpg' '\$1.jpg'"