Re: one liner to rename multiple files in a directory?

General pattern:

ls -1 | perl -nle'$o=$_; s///; $n=$_; rename($o,$n)if!-e$n'
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As applied to your case:

ls -1 *.avi | perl -nle'$o=$_; s/\[crap\]/Season1/; $n=$_; rename($o,$
+n)if!-e$n'
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I find if!-e$n essential. One a couple of occasions, I've managed to delete all but one file in a directory without it.

There's a rename floating around script that takes regex patterns. That would be a better solution.

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Re^2: one liner to rename multiple files in a directory? by planetscape (Chancellor) on Feb 16, 2010 at 03:47 UTC
There's a `rename` floating around script that takes regex patterns. That would be a better solution. I think perhaps you refer to rename 0.3 - now with two extra cupholders. HTH, planetscape	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: one liner to rename multiple files in a directory? by VGR (Acolyte) on Feb 17, 2010 at 10:31 UTC
great stuff Thanks Ikegami	[reply]