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I have a directory full of files (~150) that have names of the form
XXXX.jpg.gif which I want to rename so that they are of the form XXXX.gif
(where XXXX are numbers from 0001-0150) but I can't figure out how to do
it all at once, w/o having to rename them individually.

My first thought was do it like DOS: mv ????.jpg.gif ????.gif but that
resulted in a "No Match" message. "mv *.jpg.gif *.gif" resulted in files
like XXXX.jpg.gif.gif. The basename function seems to provide most of what
I need, but I don't know enough programming to figure out how to write a
shell script using it. I used basename with foreach and produced a file like:

0001
0002
0003
etc., but I don't know what to do with that file, if anything. Any
suggestions? (I'm quite sure I've made this into a much more difficult
problem than it is, but everything I know about Unix I learned from the
man pages!)

Thanks for any help. -- Tom
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Quote:> I have a directory full of files (~150) that have names of the form
> XXXX.jpg.gif which I want to rename so that they are of the form XXXX.gif
> (where XXXX are numbers from 0001-0150) but I can't figure out how to do
> it all at once, w/o having to rename them individually.

> My first thought was do it like DOS: mv ????.jpg.gif ????.gif but that
> resulted in a "No Match" message. "mv *.jpg.gif *.gif" resulted in files
> like XXXX.jpg.gif.gif. The basename function seems to provide most of what
> I need, but I don't know enough programming to figure out how to write a
> shell script using it. I used basename with foreach and produced a file like:

> 0001
> 0002
> 0003
> etc., but I don't know what to do with that file, if anything. Any
> suggestions? (I'm quite sure I've made this into a much more difficult
> problem than it is, but everything I know about Unix I learned from the
> man pages! Thanks for any help. -- Tom
> --

This should do the trick.

#!/bin/sh
ls -1 *.jpg.gif | cut -f1 -d. > list

for ZNAME in `cat list`
do
  mv $ZNAME.jpg.gif $ZNAME.gif
done
rm -f list

Srikanth

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Thank you to all who responded to my query. I apologize for posting a faq.
I received a great response (and a great variance in method). Thanks.

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Quote:> I have a directory full of files (~150) that have names of the form
> XXXX.jpg.gif which I want to rename so that they are of the form XXXX.gif

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Quote:> Thanks for any help. -- Tom

Hi,

Here is what I use.  If the script below is called changename, then type

changename jpg.g .g

or anything similar.

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#!/bin/csh
# changename
# 2 May 1994 RAC
#
if($#argv < 2) then
  cat << EOF

changename string1 string2

string1 is substring to search for
string2 is substring to replace with

EOF
  exit
endif
foreach file (*$1*)
set nfile=`echo $file | sed s/$1/$2/`
mv $file $nfile
end

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there is some PD soft. available called mmv
it should do what you want, but I can't remember where I got it from
try using archie to locate it

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   > I have a directory full of files (~150) that have names of the form
   > XXXX.jpg.gif which I want to rename so that they are of the form XXXX.gif

   Using (t)csh:
   % foreach file (*.jpg.gif)
        mv $file.jpg.gif $file.gif
        end
   %
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Try this:

#/bin/sh
for i in ????.jpg.gif
do
  mv $i `basename $i .jpg.gif`.gif
done

Note that this will catch all files of format ????.jpg.gif, not
just those between 0001-0150. If this is a problem then you may
need to modify the script.

Hope this helps.

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Quote:> I have a directory full of files (~150) that have names of the form
> XXXX.jpg.gif which I want to rename so that they are of the form XXXX.gif
> (where XXXX are numbers from 0001-0150) but I can't figure out how to do
> it all at once, w/o having to rename them individually.

[deletions]
Here's my stab at this, I'm sure others will have different (and probably
more elegant) methods, but here goes anyway:

for x in `ls -1` # Note: ` not '
do
        echo $x # Just so you know which file you're on
        XXXX=`echo $x| cut -f1 -d"."
        JPG=`echo $x | cut -f2 -d"."
        GIF=`echo $x | cut -f3 -d"."
        mv $x $XXXX.$GIF
done

You may want to make a copy of the directory before letting this
loose on it!
Usual disclaimers - I accept no responsibility for loss, damage
etc.etc.etc.etc.........

Good Luck!
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Actually, this won't work. It'll look for files with the extension of
``.jpg.gif.jpg.gif'' . And if it did find any, it would rename them with the
extension ``.jpg.gif.jpg.gif.gif'' . The correct way in (t)csh would be
(much like the version posted for sh by Mr. Cullen):

% foreach file (*.jpg.gif)
mv $file `basename $file .jpg.gif`.gif
end
%

I'm not sure, but this *might* work:
% foreach file (*.jpg.gif)
mv $file "$file:h".gif
end

James Tilghman

|> I have a directory full of files (~150) that have names of the form
|> XXXX.jpg.gif which I want to rename so that they are of the form XXXX.gif
|> (where XXXX are numbers from 0001-0150) but I can't figure out how to do
|> it all at once, w/o having to rename them individually.
|>
|> My first thought was do it like DOS: mv ????.jpg.gif ????.gif but that
|> resulted in a "No Match" message. "mv *.jpg.gif *.gif" resulted in files
|> like XXXX.jpg.gif.gif. The basename function seems to provide most of what
|> I need, but I don't know enough programming to figure out how to write a
|> shell script using it. I used basename with foreach and produced a file like:
|>
|> 0001
|> 0002
|> 0003
|> etc., but I don't know what to do with that file, if anything. Any
|> suggestions? (I'm quite sure I've made this into a much more difficult
|> problem than it is, but everything I know about Unix I learned from the
|> man pages!)
|>
|> Thanks for any help. -- Tom
|> --
|> "Laugh and the world laughs with you;                    Thomas A. La Porte

Use the following shell script:

#! /bin/sh

for i in *
do
   j=`echo $i | sed 's/\.jpg//'`
   mv $i $j
done

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Quote:>I have a directory full of files (~150) that have names of the form
>XXXX.jpg.gif which I want to rename so that they are of the form XXXX.gif
>(where XXXX are numbers from 0001-0150) but I can't figure out how to do
>it all at once, w/o having to rename them individually.

foreach i (*.jpg.gif)
mv $i `basename $i .jpg.gif`.gif
end
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you could try using foreach, viz:

foreach {i} mv $i.jpeg.gif $i.gif;

or something like that - anyone else know the syntaxe better?

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Quote:

>>I have a directory full of files (~150) that have names of the form
>>XXXX.jpg.gif which I want to rename so that they are of the form XXXX.gif
>>(where XXXX are numbers from 0001-0150) but I can't figure out how to do
>>it all at once, w/o having to rename them individually.

>you could try using foreach, viz:

>foreach {i} mv $i.jpeg.gif $i.gif;

>or something like that - anyone else know the syntaxe better?

How about this:

~>foreach i (*.jpg.gif)
  set j=$i:r                # if $i is test.jpg.gif, $j = test.jpg
  mv $i $j:r
  end
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