Recursively rename files

Question

there is a whole bunch of files all of them who have the pattern

joob_1_1
joob_1_2
joob_2_1
joob_2_5

so it is joob then underscore numeric underscore numeric - these are also the only files in the folder if that makes it easier. I want to rename them into

job_1_1
job_1_2
job_2_1 ....

there has to be some way to do that automated ? It is just getting rid of that single letter

Recursively seem to imply these files are in different folders in a directory tree. Is this correct? Please edit the question with new information. — user68186, May 17 '15 at 13:03

heemayl · Answer 1 · 2015-05-17T13:15:33.637

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Use rename :

rename 's/^joob/job/' joob_*

This will change the file names starting with joob to job.

Test :

$ ls
joob_1_1  joob_1_2  joob_2_1  joob_2_5

$ rename 's/^joob/job/' joob_*

$ ls
job_1_1  job_1_2  job_2_1  job_2_5

edited May 17 '15 at 13:15

answered May 17 '15 at 13:08

heemayl

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Good examples: http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-bulk-rename-files-in-linux-in-the-terminal – brubaker May 17 '15 at 13:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '15 at 14:07

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If you want to do it the gui way, here is an alternative to the very good suggestion of heemayl. You can try krename:

sudo apt-get install krename

this is as powerful as rename (with the exception that it can't be piped to in a script). enter image description here

answered May 17 '15 at 14:07

Bruni

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Recursively rename files

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