The article is about Bash parameter substitution, not renaming files. I
should have been more clear on that point.
Dos-Man 64 wrote:
Honestly, renaming all these files is not an option. They are on CDs;
and I wouldn't want to have to rename them and then burn new CDs.
That could take months :)
Blues Renegade wrote:
NO sed or awk necessary. READ ON............
You can do mass file renaming in bash using a for loop and substitution.
This is one of the best articles I've ever found on the topic, it's from
1996 and it's as relevant today as it was then.
http://linuxgazette.net/issue18/bash.html
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