[SOLVED] Rename files

Fixit7 · 08-18-2016, 06:35 PM

I have a group of files that are named as so.

4 digits, a space, then a dash, and another space ending with .txt.

I tried this,

Code:

rename -n 's/('0814 - ')//g' *txt

Quote:

Substitution pattern not terminated at (user-supplied code).

rtmistler · 08-18-2016, 07:52 PM

Try instead not relying on the quotes and instead delimiting the special characters with the backslash:

Code:

rename -n s/0814\ \-\ //g *.txt

Fixit7 · 08-18-2016, 09:17 PM

It did not work.

I need this renamed like so.

Quote:

0814 - test.txt > test.txt

rtmistler · 08-18-2016, 09:30 PM

I'll try to check it tomorrow when I'm back at my system, only have limited resources for now.

rtmistler · 08-19-2016, 08:00 AM

Done on Ubuntu 14.04:

Code:

$ ls -1
fm 1234 - test.txt
rt 1234 - test.txt
$ rename 's/1234\ \-\ test/test/g' *.txt
$ ls -1
fm test.txt
rt test.txt
$

Fixit7 · 08-19-2016, 10:47 AM

???

Quote:

andy@7:~/Downloads$ ls
0814 - test.txt Elementary Volunteer List August 2016.xls
BriggsStrattonQuickStart.pdf Pray_For_Me_Help_Sheet_Lesson6.pdf
andy@7:~/Downloads$ rename 's/1234\ \-\ test/test/g' *.txt
andy@7:~/Downloads$ ls
0814 - test.txt Elementary Volunteer List August 2016.xls
BriggsStrattonQuickStart.pdf Pray_For_Me_Help_Sheet_Lesson6.pdf
andy@7:~/Downloads$

rtmistler · 08-19-2016, 11:31 AM

So you took my example, verbatim however I used "1234" versus "0814". You need to account for specific strings which are the ones you wish to match versus what my example shows. My example is a template to follow:

Code:

$ rename 's/0814\ \-\ //g' *.txt

Should work. What also should work is:

Code:

$ rename 's/0814\ \-\ test/test/g' *.txt

As I'm saying though, please be prepared to adapt those terms to file name strings applicable to the case at hand, otherwise just duplicating the exact string all the time is not going to work for you.

Fixit7 · 08-19-2016, 01:46 PM

Thanks, it works.

Sorry, I overlooked that. :-)

ondoho · 08-20-2016, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fixit7

Sorry, I overlooked that. :-)

honestly i find that hard to believe.