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Batch rename files in Linux with "for" and "sed"
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| # For a list of files like this... | |
| # eng-web_002_GEN_01_read.txt | |
| # eng-web_096_REV_22_read.txt | |
| # Batch rename removing "eng-web_" and "_read"... | |
| for i in *; do mv ${i} $(echo ${i} | sed 's/eng-web_//;s/_read//'); done | |
| # Result is file list like this... | |
| # 002_GEN_01.txt | |
| # 096_REV_22.txt |
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