mass rename help

[Brian Cluff]

You can also do:

prename -v 's/meetthegimp=mobile([0-9]+).mp4/meetthegimp$1-mobile.mp4/' 
meetthegimp=mobile*.mp4

prename is also probably linked to by rename and comes with PERL, so it 
should already be on your system.

Brian Cluff

On 10/29/2012 06:21 PM, Dazed_75 wrote:
> I have a bunch of files named "meetthegimp=mobile999.mp4" where 999 is
> any 3 digit number.  I want to rename them all to be
> "meetthegimp999-mobile.mp4".
>
> Can anyone give me a mv or rename command to do them all in one fell
> swoop?  I could probably figure one out but it would take more time due
> to having to make test cases and doing trial and error than just asking
> you folks.  Thanks in advance.
>
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