Re: [PLUG] batch renaming

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 09:33:52AM -0400, Art Alexion wrote:
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> in dos if I wanted to rename a batch of files i a directory, I could do
> 
>     move (or rn) ??.txt 61??.txt
> 
> and it would rename all of the two character-named text files to prepend
> 61.  Bash won't let me do this as
> 
>     mv ??.txt 61??.txt
> 
> returns an error indicating that. when moving multiple files, the target
> must be a directory.  Is there a command that will let me do this?

In addition to using sh and rename, note that you can also use emacs'
dired feature (M-x dired or C-x d).  You would want the commands %m
(mark by regex) and then %R (rename by regex).  You can also do query
replace by regex (bound to Q), which is very nice for making sure
you're doing the right thing.

-- 
 Jeff

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