rename file with a pattern
 

Hi

i have a lot of file named like xxxx.doc.pdf i want to rename all the file in to xxxx.pdf

i hope a script will help me to do the job all the files contain in a directory

Thanks in advance

Sujith.V.S

Install the "mmv" (Multiple Move) package, and read its man page.

Must admit that mmv is probably the best way, if you want to 'write your own':

for THIS in *doc.pdf
do
echo ${THIS} ${THIS%%.doc.pdf}.pdf
done

replace echo with mv, cp whatever.

Hey, I've been wondering about this too, but where do you find mmv? All I can find on google are links to the Debian site.

http://www.google.co.nz/linux?hl=en&...a=lr%3Dlang_en

Odd ... no mention of Debilian in the first 10 hits ...



Cheers,
Tink

See also this:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Mmv

"Odd ... no mention of Debilian in the first 10 hits ..."

Yeah, but that's the New Zealand google, check out US google: http://www.google.com/search?q=mmv&s...en-US:official


EDIT: Dammit, forgot about Linux google...

http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr...=Google+Search

Just to please you ... and still no mention of debilian.


Cheers,
Tink