>
> I have finished doing the work but did it manually. For future reference,
> I'd like to re-learn what I forgot from 20+ years ago about how to do this
> the easy way. Basically, I had a directory full of files that I wanted to
> process all the same way and rename them in the process. What I could not
> remember was how with globbing, I could specify the output name part that
> was wild-carded in the input should be used in the output.
>
> Lets say I have a bunch of files named Screenshot-PXEmenu-*.png and I want
> to copy or rename them to PXEmenu-*.png. Both mv and copy fail
> (understandably?) using "<command> Screenshot-PXEmenu-*.png PXEmenu-*.png".
> I am pretty sure there is a way to make one or both work with a syntax for
> the target I do not remember. Any clues?
>
> The names are real, though what I was really doing was using the convert
> command of ImageMagick to negate all the colors in those screenshots so I
> had a specified input and output file anyway. NTL, the base question here
> is the real one.
IMO, the easiest way is with the rename command.
rename 's/Screenshot-PXEmenu/PXEmenu/' Screenshot-PXEmenu-*.png
-Dale
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