horst wrote:
> Let's say I want to make my digital images all lowercase:
> mv *.JPJ *.jpg
/usr/bin/rename .JPG .jpg *.JPG
> Let's assume a slightly more complicated example, like renaming
> files *BAR*FOO9[0-9].HTM from the 1990s to *bare*foot_199[0-9].html
> .
/usr/bin/rename BAR bare *BAR*FOO9[0-9].HTM
/usr/bin/rename FOO9 foot_199 *bare*FOO9[0-9].HTM
/usr/bin/rename .HTM .html *bare*foot_199[0-9].HTM
(In real life, you'd use a simpler pattern for the third argument.
But I was matching precisely what you asked for.)
/usr/bin/rename is a GNU utility. On my Gentoo box, it's
part of the sys-apps/util-linux package.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
kbobsoft software consulting
http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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