renaming multiple files

linuxhippy · 11-26-2005, 01:44 PM

I have 1191 html files in a directory that I can use fine on an ext3 file system. When I try to copy them onto a vfat USB drive, they will only copy if I remove the ? in each filename. Each file is named like this:

index.html?book_id=26&chapter=5&version=50
index.html?book_id=26&chapter=6&version=50
index.html?book_id=26&chapter=7&version=50
index.html?book_id=26&chapter=8&version=50
index.html?book_id=30&chapter=32&version=50
index.html?book_id=30&chapter=33&version=50
index.html?book_id=30&chapter=34&version=50
.....

I tried:

mv index.html?book_id* /home/huntz/NKJV2/book_id*

and got an error about moving multiple files must go into a specific directory.

So, does a script need to be written for this? If so, what would the script contain to rename files?

Marty

keefaz · 11-26-2005, 02:06 PM

Try :

Code:

find . -name "*index.html*" | while read file; do
    book_id=$(echo "$file" | cut -d= -f2 | cut -d'&' -f1)
    chapter=$(echo "$file" | cut -d= -f3 | cut -d'&' -f1)
    mv "$file" "/home/huntz/NKJV2/book_id${book_id}_chapter${chapter}"
done

egag · 11-26-2005, 02:31 PM

or :

rename index.html?book book *

btw: there's an error in rename manpage.
where to sent report ?

egag

linuxhippy · 11-26-2005, 09:31 PM

worked like a charm (rename and the script)-thanks!

linuxhippy · 11-26-2005, 09:46 PM

that rename command is nice-I see how the man page has an error, though. Since Win needes .html on files to open them in a web browser I'd like to add the .html extension on all the files. Currently I have 1191 files with these filenames:

book_id=7&chapter=19&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=1&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=20&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=21&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=2&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=3&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
.....

Can I use rename for this?

spooon · 11-27-2005, 01:02 AM

There's also a program called "mmv" that can move or copy multiple files.

egag · 11-27-2005, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by linuxhippy
that rename command is nice-I see how the man page has an error, though. Since Win needes .html on files to open them in a web browser I'd like to add the .html extension on all the files. Currently I have 1191 files with these filenames:

book_id=7&chapter=19&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=1&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=20&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=21&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=2&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
book_id=7&chapter=3&book_id=10&chapter=10&version=50
.....

Can I use rename for this?

yip, but i thought you figured out howto

it's like search&replace:

rename <search -for> <replace-with> <target-files>

here that could be ( can be alot of ways ):

rename version=50 version=50.html *
( assumed the files are all " version=50 " )

egag

Andy Alt · 01-20-2011, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spooon

There's also a program called "mmv" that can move or copy multiple files.

A few minutes ago I was browsing the rename man page, and in the SEE ALSO section it listed mmv. Never heard of it before, and it isn't installed on Slackware 13.1. Should it be?

GazL · 01-20-2011, 07:03 PM

It's in a separate package on Fedora too which also isn't installed by default, so I guess the answer is 'no'. I hadn't heard of mmv either.

acummings · 01-21-2011, 02:28 AM

Code:

al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ ls
nam?me1  nam?me2  nam?me3
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ find . -type f -name '*?*' -print0 | xargs -0 rename '?' ''
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ ls
namme1  namme2  namme3
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ find . -type f -name '*mm*' -print0 | xargs -0 rename 'mm' 'm?m' ''
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ ls
nam?me1  nam?me2  nam?me3
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ find . -type f -name '*?*' -print0 | xargs -0 rename '?' '_' ''
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ ls
nam_me1  nam_me2  nam_me3
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$

--
Alan

acummings · 01-21-2011, 02:53 AM

Oop, O onadvertently had an extra set of unneeded single quotes at the very RH end of the one liner.

Code:

al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ ls
nam?me1  nam?me2  nam?me3
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ find . -type f -name '*?*' -print0 | xargs -0 rename '?' '_' ''
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ ls
nam_me1  nam_me2  nam_me3
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$

So, the corrected would be:

Code:

al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ ls
nam?me1  nam?me2  nam?me3
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ find . -type f -name '*?*' -print0 | xargs -0 rename '?' '_'
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$ ls
nam_me1  nam_me2  nam_me3
al@P5Q:~/temp/tst$

Only 2 args to the rename ie swap ? with _ in that above case

I found it from here:

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-L.../msg02549.html

It's powerful on my box and it worked even, despite that I had a mistake in the one liner.

--
Alan.