RegExRename.sh (GPL)

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RegExRename.sh (GPL)

RegExRename.sh is a Bourne Shell script that will search for a particular regular expression in a file name and replace it with another string. Because RegExRename.sh is written as a command-line script, it can be used in your own custom scripts.

RegExRename.sh is distributed as executable source code under the GNU General Public License. Please see the license agreement elsewhere on this site.

Usage

RegExRename.sh "srch str" "repl str" "file 1" [ ... "file n" ]

Example 1

Substituting the "dscn" prefix with "pict" in all jpg files:

RegExRename.sh "dscn" "pict" *.jpg

Result:

dscn0038.jpg -> pict0038.jpg
dscn0039.jpg -> pict0039.jpg
dscn0040.jpg -> pict0040.jpg
dscn0041.jpg -> pict0041.jpg
dscn0042.jpg -> pict0042.jpg
dscn0043.jpg -> pict0043.jpg
dscn0044.jpg -> pict0044.jpg
dscn0045.jpg -> pict0045.jpg

Example 2

Changing file name extension from "txt" to "html":

RegExRename.sh "txt" "html" *.txt

Result:

19980206_0042.txt -> 19980206_0042.html
19980206_0856.txt -> 19980206_0856.html
19980225_1257.txt -> 19980225_1257.html
19980225_1343.txt -> 19980225_1343.html
19980310_1245.txt -> 19980310_1245.html
19980330_1401.txt -> 19980330_1401.html
19980330_1437.txt -> 19980330_1437.html
19980330_1456.txt -> 19980330_1456.html
19980330_1637.txt -> 19980330_1637.html

Attached File: RegExRename.sh (748 B)

Chieh Cheng
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:15:11 +0000

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