Changing files names of more than 100 files

Question

So there's a folder in my directory which contains around 400-500 files (java, cpp, xml & etc) each with one name common for e.g

xml_1_ubuntu.xml
java_1_ubuntu.java
cpp_1_ubuntu.cpp
...

I wanna change the ubuntu in their name (irrespective of their extension/file type) to notubuntu so the work dir will have files like

xml_1_notubuntu.xml
java_1_notubuntu.java
cpp_1_notubuntu.cpp
...

is there anyway I can do this?

Answer 1

Yes with the rename command using a normal regex:

rename -n 's/_ubuntu/_notubuntu/' *

-n makes it a dry-run. Remove it if this does what you want.

Answer 2

I would use rename.

rename -n 's@_(ubuntu\.)@_not$1@' *_ubuntu.*

You can do this in plain bash as well:

for f in *_ubuntu.* ; do
  base="${f%%_ubuntu.*}"
  ext="${f##*_ubuntu.}"
  mv "$f" "${base}_notubuntu.${ext}"
done

Answer 3

With mmv (from package mmv in the Universe repository)

mmv -n -- '*_ubuntu*' '#1_notubuntu#2'

If you have access to the zsh shell you can use its zmv with a very similar syntax

autoload zmv
zmv -n -- '(*)_ubuntu(*)' '$1_notubuntu$2'

or more succinctly

zmv -n -- '(*)_(ubuntu*)' '$1_not$2'

In all cases, remove the -n once you are happy with the transformations.

Answer 4

you can install GPRename, https://www.ghacks.net/2010/08/20/batch-rename-in-linux-with-gprename/ is batch renamer for both files and directories that is released under the GPL v3. It's easy to install, and even easier to use.

open terminal with CRTL+ALT+T:

sudo apt install gprename

Answer 5

Without the rename command:

ls -1 | awk '{ name=$0; gsub(/ubuntu/,"notubuntu",name); print "mv " $0 " " name }' | bash

Without | bash at the end it will only display the commands without actually performing them (dry-run).