Beware that 'rename' on Fedora/Redhat and the like works differently
from 'rename' on Debian/Ubuntu etc. Both are in /usr/bin but the former
is an executable and the latter is a Perl script (it's apparently
installed with Perl), and is probably descended from your 'rename-alot'
(the syntax appears to be identical).
Personally I think the Debian/Perl version is much more powerful, i.e.
you can do anything that's allowed by the Perl regexp rules. For
example the executable version only changes the *first* occurrence of a
search string, whereas with the 's/.../.../g' modifier you can change
multiple occurrences (assuming that's what you want of course!).
-- Ian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frank von Delft
> Sent: 12 March 2008 07:42
> To: James Stroud
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] changing names of many files
>
> There's a dead-ordinary linux command 'rename':
>
> >> rename 1055 '' 1055*.osc
>
> Saved my butt numerous times.
> phx.
>
> James Stroud wrote:
> > I don't know where this comes from, but its called
> rename-alot. Its a
> > perl script. I'm guessing "Larry" is Larry Wall, but who
> knows. chmod
> > a+x it and then put it in your path (~/bin)
> >
> > You run it like this
> >
> > rename-alot 's/1105 A/A/' *.osc
> >
> > The above will change all files that look like this: "1105
> A0176.osc"
> > to this "A0176.osc".
> >
> > The script is everything between, but not including, the
> equals signs.
> > Your system probably has perl on it unless you are running
> Mac OS 9 or
> > prior or any version of Windows.
> >
> > ==
> > #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> > # rename - Larry's filename fixer
> > $op = shift or die "Usage: rename-alot expr [files]\n" .
> > "eg: % rename-alot \'s/abc /abc-/\' abc*txt\n" ;
> >
> > chomp(@ARGV = <STDIN>) unless @ARGV;
> > for (@ARGV) {
> > $was = $_;
> > eval $op;
> > die $@ if $@;
> > rename($was,$_) unless $was eq $_;
> > }
> > ==
> >
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> > On Mar 11, 2008, at 6:32 PM, Raja Dey wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> How I can change names of many files keeping the extension
> same. My
> >> files are like this
> >>
> >> 1105 A0176.osc
> >> 1105 A0177.osc
> >> 1105 A0178.osc
> >> 1105 A0179.osc
> >> 1105 A0180.osc
> >>
> >> I want to change them as
> >>
> >> A0176.osc
> >> A0177.osc
> >> A0178.osc
> >> A0179.osc
> >> A0180.osc
> >>
> >> I am using ubuntu linux.
> >>
> >> Thanks...
> >> RD
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Raja Dey, Ph.D.
> >> Research Associate
> >> Molecular and Computational Biology
> >> University of Southern California
> >> 1050 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089
> >> Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Click here.
> >
> > --
> > James Stroud
> > UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
> > Box 951570
> > Los Angeles, CA 90095
> >
> > http://www.jamesstroud.com
>
>
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