fast way to rename files?

Say, I have photo_1.jpg, photo_2.jpg ... photo_500.jpg in a directory. Is there a fast way to rename these files to 001.jpg, 002.jpg ... 500.jpg? Thank you. _ MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com/cn

RE: fast way to rename files?

Say, I have photo_1.jpg, photo_2.jpg ... photo_500.jpg in a directory. Is there a fast way to rename these files to 001.jpg, 002.jpg ... 500.jpg? for old in directory/photo*; do new=`echo $old | sed 's/photo_//g'`; mv -v $old $new; done Would give you 1.jpg, 2.jpg...500.jpg. If you