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I want to run a command line tool that takes a file, manipulates it and exports a new file. I can use this command just fine for a single file, but would like to make it run through an entire folder of files of a specified extension. I'd like to name the newly created file based on the old file name, but change the first few letters of the file name to something I specify. Like this:

command newfile_same oldfile_same

Thanks for your help!

Paul
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    What command is it exactly? Perhaps it has already an option to do such batch operations? If I understood you correctly, the input and output names looks like *_same where "same" is literal? – Lekensteyn Feb 21 '12 at 20:06
  • the command is: ogr2ogr -clipsrc clipping_polygon.shp output.shp input.shp . I'd like the output to use the input file name, but prefix it with whatever I decide (e.g. input is "file.shp" and the output becomes "prefix_file.shp" . Thank you. – Paul Feb 22 '12 at 19:51

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If you want to change all files in a directory, which have a special extension, you can use another for-Loop:

for FILE in *.extension; do
  command "newfile_$FILE" "$FILE";
done
red_trumpet
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You can use a for loop:

for FILE in "file1" "file 2" "another file"; do
  command "newfile_$FILE" "$FILE";
done
knittl
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