Re: Rename multiple files at once

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

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Antoine