Need Shell script to add prefix to multiple files' name.
Posted by viettechorg, 03-25-2007, 02:09 PM Hello, Does anyone know any of the shell script(or something running on linux) that adds a prefix to multiple files(all files in 1 folder)? So instead of changing file name for each file, we need something that save time I've been trying to write one myself but it did not work. Also i tried to search no nothing found. I think this should be a handy script for many webmaster. So if anybody have this or know where to get this please share it here. Thank you
Posted by Barti1987, 03-25-2007, 02:28 PM Here is something out of my mind (test before usage): Peace,
Posted by viettechorg, 03-25-2007, 02:49 PM Thanks, i will give it a try
Posted by viettechorg, 03-25-2007, 06:40 PM It does not work for me, it did not change file name or anything Any idea?
Posted by Slidey, 03-25-2007, 07:14 PM easy: for x in `ls`; do NEWNAME=`AAAAA${x}`; mv "$x" "$NEWNAME"; done run it from the command line (bash/sh - will fail in ksh/csh/others) obviously replace AAAAA with whatever you want to prepend to each filename. It'll rename all files in the current directory, so if you want to be a bit more specific you'll need to play around with the ls
Posted by tanfwc, 03-25-2007, 11:41 PM change the script given by azizny to
Posted by foobic, 03-26-2007, 12:05 AM Hmm, whether e (file exists) or f (file is a regular file) that if statement will return false for all the files you want to rename. Perhaps azizny meant this: so the if statement prevents you from stomping on any existing file that happens to be named phpbb_otherfilename. Definitely get a solid backup before trying this at home
Posted by viettechorg, 03-26-2007, 12:56 AM Works like a champ, thanks alot.