for i in BMRR_* ; do echo mv $i ${i##BMRR} ; done
if that looks right, then remove the "echo" and re-run.
On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 1:07 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I have a directory with 30 files. Each filename begins with BMRR_ and I
> want
> to strip that off, leaving the rest of the name unchanged. There are 5
> different extensions on the files.
>
> I've used rename to change file extensions but not characters at the front
> or middle of filenames. My web searches (after a couple of futile efforts
> with sed and rename) found a number of suggestions for removing a string
> within each filename or characters at the end of each file name. I tried
> modifying each suggestion to remove the 5 initial characters but none
> worked.
>
> There are six sets of five files; one set is:
> BMRR_Pits.cpg BMRR_Pits.dbf BMRR_Pits.prj BMRR_Pits.shp BMRR_Pits.shx
>
> Suggestions needed.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
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