rename the files in a directory

[rajeshhariharan22]

hi
i ve a directory which contains many files and have a common name in the begining say like
APIO_spec_min
APIO_spec_min1
APIO_spec_min2
APIO_spec_typ1

...

now i would like to replace the entire files with the name
s2c_spec_min
s2c_spec_min1
s2c_spec_min2
....

kindly help me out...

[burschik]

Try "rename". There are various different commands of that name.

[rajeshhariharan22]

rename command doesnt work...
or may be i dont know the usage.. could you explain that command for my files.

[yancek]

Make sure you are in the correct directory to run this command:

rename APIO s2c APIO_*

[sharkura]

hi
i ve a directory which contains many files and have a common name in the begining say like
APIO_spec_min
APIO_spec_min1
APIO_spec_min2
APIO_spec_typ1

...

now i would like to replace the entire files with the name
s2c_spec_min
s2c_spec_min1
s2c_spec_min2
....

kindly help me out...

In bash, at the command line, in your directory:

for fileName in `ls -1`; \
do echo $fileName; \
export newFileName=`echo $fileName | sed s/APIO/s2c/`; \
echo $newFileName; \
mv $fileName $newFileName; \
done

This is from memory, but I think it is correct. The echos are only to show that something is happening. Can all be on one line, but backslashes might make it easier to read in a post.

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[secondmouse]

Command find combined with either sed or tr can handle this kind of task pretty well:

find . -name "APIO*" | while read line; do mv $line `echo $line | tr -s 'APIO' 's2c'`; done


find . -name "APIO*" | while read line; do mv $line `echo $line | sed 's/APIO/s2c/g'`; done