how do i remove a word from multiple file names?
 

hey all lets say i have some files with names like these:

how would i go about removing the 'word' in the file names (or replace it) this is what i have so far but the quotes are wrong... ???

for files in `ls *.rar`; do mv $files `echo $files | sed s/oldword/newword/g`; done

perfect thanks for the quick reply :)

no need to use external commands. with bash

that works just as well without the word 'echo' can you tell me why/if this is better then ramram29 method?

1) useless use of ls in the for loop. Also, it breaks on files with spaces. Use shell expansion instead.
2) using "|" and calling external commands creates extra overheads. The shell provides simple substitution, so try to use it whenever possible

I have always done this with sed, like ramram did above. Yet again, something new learned today! And another reason bash is good :)

Thanks Ghostdog,

Sasha

You have many answers, so I just thought I'd point out that the primary problem with your original attempt is that tr only replaces single characters.

Evo2.