There is a perl rename script that allows you to do something like:
# ren 's/^_/section/' *.mp3
I keep it in my bin directory. You can name it 'ren', or 'rename', or
whatever. I'll attach it.
-Rob
> What is the #rename command to rename all of these files with
> section_*.mp3, [as in section_1.mp3 for track00.mp3] and so on?
> I've been told this before but I wiped my email files and man page is a
> bit obscure.
> Thanks
#!/usr/bin/perl
#Usage: ren perlexpr [files]
($op = shift) or die "Usage: ren perlexpr [filenames]\n";
if ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) {
@ARGV = <STDIN>;
chop(@ARGV);
}
for (@ARGV) {
$was = $_;
eval $op;
die $@ if $@;
unless ($was eq $_) {
rename($was,$_) or die "Unable to rename $was: $!\n";
}
}
=head1 NAME
B<ren> - use a perl expression to rename multiple files
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<ren> perl_expression [files]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
B<Ren> uses a perl expression to rename multiple files. For more information about
perl expressions, consult the perl man pages, F<Learning Perl> by Randal
Schwartz, F<Programming Perl> by Larry Wall, or your local friendly
Perl programmer.
For example, to rename all files foo.* to bar.*, use
ren 's/foo/bar/;' foo.*
=head1 AUTHORS
Randal Schwartz, Larry Wall
=head1 DATE
October 11, 1996
=cut
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