Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:59:55 +0200 From: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> To: "Dimitri T." <midios4@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how do I get rid of that prefix?! Message-ID: <20000925155955.Z50534@snoopy.brwn.org> In-Reply-To: <F2328k69RKLpgTFur2i00003f62@hotmail.com>; from midios4@hotmail.com on Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 12:36:43PM %2B0000 References: <F2328k69RKLpgTFur2i00003f62@hotmail.com>
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Hi,
How about...(tcsh)
--- CUT ---
#!/bin/tcsh
#
# delprefix.csh -- rename a file after removing a prefix from the
# file name.
#
set files = (abc abc. abc.. abcd abcd.file1 abcd.file2 abcd.file3 abcd.file4.abcd)
# Touch the files just to make sure they do exist before hand for the
# sake of the demonstration.
touch $files
foreach file ($files)
# Use the sed command to remove the prefix from the name
# of the file.
set newfile = `echo $file|sed -e 's/^abc//'`
# Check to make sure that after the prefix was removed,
# newfile is not "." or ".." (current and previous directories)
# and that newfile is not empty ("")
if ( $newfile != ".." && $newfile != "." && $newfile != "" ) then
mv $file $newfile
endif
end
--- CUT ---
> ls
abc abc. abc.. d d.file1 d.file2 d.file3 d.file4.abcd
This worked for me, it might not work for anybody else. It is also the
longest tcsh script I've ever written and is not perfect and most probably
an overkill.
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 12:36:43PM +0000, Dimitri T. wrote:
> hello everybody,
>
> I have some hundreds of files with a filename starting with a specific
> prefix (lets say 'abc') and I want to rename them and get rid of this
> prefix. How do I do that?
>
> I've been experementing and actually managed to add prefices, delete sufices
> but still cannot figure how to DELETE PREFECES! (it's driving me crazy, u
> know.. Aaaargh!!) ~%^@
>
> Any help is welcome ..
>
> bye,
> dimitri
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Best Regards
Willem Brown
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