Re: LUG: Using sed to mass rename files - Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:27:20 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Using sed to mass rename files

From : Edward Anderson <nilbus@nilbus.[redacted]>

Date : Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:27:20 -0500

FYI, you can also do this using bash with no external commands:

for file in F0000*; do mv -v "$file" "${file/#F0000/F000}"; done

The # in ${file/#F0000/F000} means replace the pattern that starts at
beginning of string, like a ^ in standard regex.

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Daniel Underwood
<daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> Ahh, I see. That's interesting. Thanks for the explanation--very
> informative.
> --
> Daniel Underwood
> North Carolina State University
> Graduate Student - Operations Research
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