Help with renaming filnames in bulk

ahmiq

Hi there,
I have been searching for a way to rename file names in my box(not good at making a script) . the scenario is this. I have many zipped files , which have a names like : filename1(ahmiq).zip , filename2(ahmiq).zip , so i wish to rename all those files which have (ahmiq) in them with a _a or something like that e-g , filename1_file.zip , filename2_file.zip.
may be something like If filename matches (ahmiq) , mv it with _file.. If someone could get a few minutes and help me out with it , will be very thankful .

regards

DStrout

Though I don't have much experience with it, the Linux rename command is designed for just such a purpose, and has extensive options with how to select files to rename, and what to rename them to.

ahmiq

@DStrout said: Though I don't have much experience with it, the Linux rename command is designed for just such a purpose, and has extensive options with how to select files to rename, and what to rename them to.

tx , looking onto it

bnmkl

for file in *.zip ; do
    mv $file "$( echo $file |  cut -d '(' -f1 )_file.zip"
done

ahmiq

@bnmkl said: for file in *.zip ; do

mv $file "$( echo $file | cut -d '(' -f1 )_file.zip"
done

works flawleslly , thanks

bnmkl

ahmiq

@bnmkl said: Member

haha about to watch it

bnmkl

Haha.

tehdan

Good now only for future reference, but with the rename command @dstrout mentions you can simply:

rename 's/(ahmiq)/_file/' *

which is both less fiddily and more powerful if you can do regex. If you're not confident then -n will allow you to experiment without actually renaming anything

bnmkl