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Renaming Files [message #244133] Mon, 11 June 2007 12:36 Go to next message
Krishna_dev
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Registered: May 2007
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Hello, I have several files with the following naming convention sitting in the same directory.
MyFile.0001.dat
MyFile.0002.dat
MyFile.0003.dat
MyFile.0004.dat
MyFile.0004.dat

I would now like to rename each file and append it with a prefix of Processed so they will now read like:
ProcessedMyFile.0001.dat
ProcessedMyFile.0002.dat
ProcessedMyFile.0003.dat
ProcessedMyFile.0004.dat
ProcessedMyFile.0004.dat

Could someone please tell me how to do this using Korn shell. An in depth example would be much appreciated.

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Re: Renaming Files [message #244146 is a reply to message #244133] Mon, 11 June 2007 13:36 Go to previous message
BlackSwan
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ls -1 Myfile* | awk '{print "mv "$1" Processed"$1}' > temp.sh ; sh ./temp.sh

above is UNTESTED
You should make copies for backups before starting

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