batch rename

[phillw]

Hi,

an easy one for you good people used to shell scripts :)

I have files like B13800205154.eps.jpg that I want to rename to B13800.jpg

The good news is that the 'bit' I want to keep is the first 6 characters and they will all have .jpg at the end

Thanks,

Phill.

[crjackson]

Not a shell command but I prefer to use Renamthemall. Have you checked it out?

[ibuclaw]

rename -v 's/^(.{6}).*?(.jpg)$/$1$2/' *

[crjackson]

rename -v 's/^(.{6}).*$/$1.jpg/' *

I could have never figured that out.. Don't even know what it means.

[Paddy Landau]

Also try pyrenamer. It's in the repositories.

[phillw]

rename -v 's/^(.{6}).*?(.jpg)$/$1$2/' *

Thanks, ibuclaw - I had spent some time reading the man page for rename - it may as well be in chinese :-)

Phill.

[ibuclaw]

Thanks, ibuclaw - I had spent some time reading the man page for rename - it may as well be in chinese :-)

Phill.

It's better than chinese, it's PERL!!! :)