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          March 31, 2015 03:37 
        
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    Quick rename script to strip the suffix from files in a directory
  
        
  
    
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  | var fs = require('fs'); | |
| if(!process.argv[3]) { | |
| console.log("directory argument required"); | |
| process.exit(0); | |
| } | |
| var dir = process.argv[3]; | |
| var files = fs.readdirSync(dir); | |
| var regex = /(.*)_.*\.(.*)/; | |
| for (var entry in files) { | |
| var newFileName = files[entry].replace(regex, '$1.$2'); | |
| console.log('Renaming: ' + dir + files[entry] + ' -> ' + dir + newFileName); | |
| fs.renameSync(dir + files[entry], dir + newFileName); | |
| } | |
| process.exit(0); | 
  
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