Batch File Rename

[captainquack]

I have a bunch of files named Invoice # xxxx.PDF that I would like to change to be Invoice xxxx.PDF. Does anyone know how to do that with a bash script? So far I have been thwarted in every attempt.

Captainquack

[Franklin52]

Hi,

Supposing you want to remove "# " from the filenames:

ls *.pdf|sed 's/\(.*\)# \(.*\)/mv "\1# \2" "\1\2"/' | sh

Regards

[vsemaska]

Franklin52,

I'd tweek your example to look only for the files with the right filename syntax:

ls Invoice\ #\ ????.PDF |sed 's/\(.*\)# \(.*\)/mv "\1# \2" "\1\2"/' | sh

[captainquack]

Thank you very much.

[gnum896]

I use InnoRename to rename my huge picture files from my photo and my mp3 files too.
Great program to try (find it there www.innoplanet.com).
It can be programed and you can do a lot of combination easily.
Try it.