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Old 12-16-2004, 11:55 AM   #1
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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

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Old 12-16-2004, 12:09 PM   #2
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Install the "mmv" (Multiple Move) package, and read its man page.
 
Old 12-16-2004, 12:13 PM   #3
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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.
 
Old 12-16-2004, 01:19 PM   #4
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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.
 
Old 12-16-2004, 01:51 PM   #5
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http://www.google.co.nz/linux?hl=en&...a=lr%3Dlang_en

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



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Old 12-16-2004, 02:01 PM   #6
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See also this:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Mmv
 
Old 12-16-2004, 07:33 PM   #7
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"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...
Last edited by Berto; 12-16-2004 at 07:34 PM.
 
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"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.


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