How can i change names of multiple files?

phz · 11-15-2003, 09:21 AM

Hi - i still trying to figure out how lotta stuff can be done in Linux. My problem is that i d/l (i had booted windoze) all my files from a previous webserver i used, to my windows machine. It turned out that all filenames had changed to uppercase. Is there a simple way (a command, or something) to change file names from upper- to lower case in Linux?

Nimoy · 11-15-2003, 09:44 AM

http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/mailar.../msg00165.html - Has a thread on this particular issue. Even includes a script for your convenience.

Took me 5 seconds or less to find via google by pasting "change file names from upper- to lower case in Linux" into the search box...

phz · 11-15-2003, 09:50 AM

Thanx a lot. Seems like it is exactly what i was looking for.

...erm, guess i've become lazy after getting so much good help from this site

Nimoy · 11-15-2003, 09:57 AM

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Nimoy · 11-15-2003, 09:59 AM

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TheOther1 · 11-15-2003, 10:06 AM

Do you have Perl installed? If so, this will work for you:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
$op = shift or die "Usage: rename expr [files]\n";
chomp(@ARGV = <STDIN>) unless @ARGV;
for (@ARGV) {
$was = $_;
eval $op;
die $@ if $@;
rename($was,$_) unless $was eq $_;
}

Just paste the above lines into a file and save it as rename.pl Move that file into the dir with the files you want to rename and then call it this way:
perl rename.pl 'tr/A-Z/a-z/' *

This will convert all UC files to lc. You should be able to do this also:
perl rename.pl 'tr/A-Z/a-z' *.HTM
if you wanted to convert only .HTM files

HTH!