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How do I change the extension of multiple files?
I would like to change a file extension from *.txt to *.text. I tried using the basename command, but I'm having trouble changing more than one file.
Here's my code:
files=`ls -1 *.txt`
for x in $...
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How to rename multiple files in single command or script in Unix? [duplicate]
I have the below list of files
aro_tty-mIF-45875564pmo_opt
aro_tty-mIF-45875664pmo_opt
aro_tty-mIF-45875964pmo_opt
aro_tty-mIF-45875514pmo_opt
aro_tty-mIF-45875524pmo_opt
that I need to rename to
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Preserve directory structure when moving files using find
I have created the following script that move old days files as defined from source directory to destination directory. It is working perfectly.
#!/bin/bash
echo "Enter Your Source Directory"
read ...
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How to replace spaces in all file names with underscore in Linux using shell script?
I tried following shell script which should replace spaces from all xml filenames
for xml_file in $(find $1 -name "* .xml" -type f);
do
echo "removing spaces from XML file:" $xml_file
mv "$xml_file"...
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move file by list in file (with leading whitespace)
I have a file that contains file names. For example:
/tmp/list.txt (it is with the spaces at the start of each line):
/tmp/file.log
/app/nir/home.txt
/etc/config.cust
I want, using one line, ...
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Best way to swap filenames
I need to swap filenames of two files (file and file_1). I'm using the following code for it.
mv file .phfile
mv file_1 file
mv .phfile file
This works but is very buggy, It sometimes even results ...
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How to rename all files with special characters and spaces in a directory?
How can I rename all the files in a specific directory where the files contains blanks spaces and special characters ($ and @) in their names?
I tried the rename command as follows to replace all the ...
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Rename files in the local folder adding a prefix or suffix
I have many files in a folder and I want to add either prefix or a suffix (not both) to them. I checked here and found out I can use
for filename in *.jpg; do mv "$filename" "prefix_$filename"; done;
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Delete spaces, hyphens, and underscores in filenames?
What is a good command to delete spaces, hyphens, and underscores from all files in a directory, or selected files?
I use the following command with Thunar Custom Actions to slugify filenames:
for ...
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Flattening folder structure
I have this folder structure:
├── foo1
│ ├── bar1.txt
│ └── bar2.txt
├── foo2
│ ├── bar3.txt
│ └── bar4 with a space.txt
└── foo3
└── qux1
├── bar5.txt
└── bar6.txt
that I ...
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Create sub-directories and organize files by date
I have some directories of files copied from my security camera that I would like to organize into sub-directories by file date. So for example;
-rwxrwxrwx 0 root root 4935241 Jul 19 2012 DSCN1406....
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How to move and recreate a folder at the same time?
I have a folder called statistics in an Ubuntu server in which data files are regularly stored. How can I rename statistics folder to backup-xx while re-creating statistics folder to be available for ...
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Change only the extension of a file [duplicate]
I am working on a simple shell script to change a file one.PDF to one.pdf. I have this file stored in a folder called Task1.
My script is in the same directory as Task1. Called Shell1.sh When I run ...
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How to remove space in all sub directories in shell script?
I tried following shell script to remove all spaces with underscores:
find $1 -depth -name "* *" -print0 | \
while read -d $'\0' f; do mv -v "$f" "${f// /_}"; done
If I have a directory /home/user/g ...
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Batch rename files to a sequential numbering
I am trying to batch-rename a bunch of files in my shell, and even though there is plenty of material about it on the internet, I cannot seem to find a solution for my specific case.
I have a bunch ...
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