rename files I am stuck

[jimaki141]

I am using the following script to rename all file in a directory.

for i in *;
do mv "$i" "$(date +%Y_%m_$(echo $i |sed s/file// |sed s/.jpg//))".jpg;
done

I just want the Date/Time stamp in the filename, not Date/Time/originalfilename.
I want to drop the original filename when the files are renamed.

Please Help I am stuck.

[AdmiralBeotch]

This will work and help you avoid collisions in filenames:

for i in *; do echo mv "$i" "$(date +%Y_%m_)$RANDOM"; done

I coudnt definitively tell, but were you trying to keep the file extension?
Are they always going to be jpg files, or could it be any file type?

[jimaki141]

Yes they are always JPG's thanks your code works great.

[bigtomrodney]

Hi jimaki141, I didn't spot your post in the other thread. Did you get the space handling sorted out or was that still causing problems?