Rename all files in directory from filename h to filename half

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Dead simple   How do I rename   05 h png 06 h png   to   05 half png 06 half png   At least  I think it s simple  but it s hard to Google for this kind of thing unless you already know    Thanks

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Although the answer set is complete  I need to add another missing one   for i in   h png    do name  echo   i    cut -d    -f1    echo  Executing of name  name     mv   i     name  half png  done

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Another approach can be manually using  batch rename option   Right click on the file -  File Custom Commands -  Batch Rename and you can replace h  with half    This will work for linux based gui using WinSCP etc

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for i in   h png   do   mv  i  echo   i  awk -F      print  1 alf   2    done

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One liner  for file in   php   do mv   file     file    done

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Use the rename utility written in perl  Might be that it is not available by default though       touch 0 5  6  h png    ls 05 h png  06 h png    rename  s h half     png    ls 05 half png  06 half png

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Are you looking for a pure bash solution  There are many approaches  but here s one   for file in   h png   do mv   file     file   h png  half png    done   This presumes that the only files in the current directory that end in  h png are the ones you want to rename   Much more specifically  for file in 0 5  6  h png   do mv   file     file  h   half      done   Presuming those two examples are your only  files   For the general case  file renaming in has been covered before

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for f in   png  do   fnew  echo  f   sed  s  h png  half png      mv  f  fnew done

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Use the rename utility   rc bvm3  tmp foo   touch 05 h png 06 h png rc bvm3  tmp foo   rename  s  h  half      rc bvm3  tmp foo   ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 rc rc 0 2011-09-17 00 15 05 half png -rw-r--r-- 1 rc rc 0 2011-09-17 00 15 06 half png

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Just use bash  no need to call external commands   for file in   h png do   mv   file     file  h png  half png   done   Do not add    bin sh  For those that need that one-liner   for file in   png  do mv   file     file  h png  half png    done

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I had a similar question   In the manual  it describes rename as  rename  option  expression replacement file   so you can use it in this way   rename  h  half   png   In the code    h  is the expression that you are looking for     half  is the pattern that you want to replace with      png  is the range of files that you are looking for your possible target files    Hope this can help c

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Try rename command   rename  s  h png  half png     png   Update   example usage   create some content    mkdir  tmp foo   cd  tmp foo   touch one h png two h png three h png   ls  one h png  three h png  two h png   test solution     rename  s  h png  half png     png   ls one half png  three half png  two half png

[bash] Rename all files in directory from $filename_h to $filename_half?

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