On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:14:49 -0500
Tom H <tomh0665(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 9:03 AM, bruce <badouglas(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Have a bunch of files with the basic naming of:
> ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa_1__WGS_7500_001__parse.dat
> ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa_1__WGS_7500_002__parse.dat
> etc..
>
> I'd like to simply remove the 1st part ztcloud_nfs_parsezt from the
> files, renaming the files to the rest of the filename..
>
> Thought it should be simple using rename
>
> rename 's/ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa/aa/' zt*.dat
>
> However, this didn't work... so.. hmm..
Is "rename" provided by util-linux or is it a perl-provided script?
The util-linux syntax is
rename search_for replace_with <files>
while the perl-script syntax is
rename 's/search_for/replace_with/' <files>
thanks for the latter sed syntax - good to know on Debian, IINM ...
And this: a modern nautilus now does batch renaming of
files/folders, it seems ...
Regards,
--
Wolfgang Pfeiffer