On Wednesday 27 June 2007 14:37:07 Pieter Verberne wrote: > Hi there, > > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of > files like: > > file.jpg > file1.jpg > file_2.jpg > > to: > > file_thumb.jpg > file1_thumb.jpg > file_2_thumb.jpg > > man mv(1) says nothing about REGEX. (although I don't know REGEX > (yet))
Use basename(1). Something like (ugly, NOT TESTED!): $ for i in *.jpg ; do mv $i `basename $i .jpg`_thumb.jpg ; done -- Antoine
