Need help with the rename command in Linux
I have several files with these names:
file1, A.ext
file1, The.ext
I need to change there names as
A file1.ext
The file1.ext
That is I need to move the article from the end to the beginning erasing the comma. How would I do that?
I have looked into rename command but I have no experience with perl regex, I came up with this ridiculous command which doesn't work, I'm leaving it for showing my hopelessness:
rename 's/(?<=[A-Z a-z s]*),sA//' *
rename
asked May 28 '18 at 6:49
klausklaus
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I have several files with these names:
file1, A.ext
file1, The.ext
I need to change there names as
A file1.ext
The file1.ext
That is I need to move the article from the end to the beginning erasing the comma. How would I do that?
I have looked into rename command but I have no experience with perl regex, I came up with this ridiculous command which doesn't work, I'm leaving it for showing my hopelessness:
rename 's/(?<=[A-Z a-z s]*),sA//' *
rename
asked May 28 '18 at 6:49
klausklaus
2199
add a comment |
I have several files with these names:
file1, A.ext
file1, The.ext
I need to change there names as
A file1.ext
The file1.ext
That is I need to move the article from the end to the beginning erasing the comma. How would I do that?
I have looked into rename command but I have no experience with perl regex, I came up with this ridiculous command which doesn't work, I'm leaving it for showing my hopelessness:
rename 's/(?<=[A-Z a-z s]*),sA//' *
rename
asked May 28 '18 at 6:49
klausklaus
2199
I have several files with these names:
file1, A.ext
file1, The.ext
I need to change there names as
A file1.ext
The file1.ext
That is I need to move the article from the end to the beginning erasing the comma. How would I do that?
I have looked into rename command but I have no experience with perl regex, I came up with this ridiculous command which doesn't work, I'm leaving it for showing my hopelessness:
rename 's/(?<=[A-Z a-z s]*),sA//' *
rename
rename
asked May 28 '18 at 6:49
klausklaus
2199
asked May 28 '18 at 6:49
klausklaus
2199
edited 9 mins ago
klaus
asked May 28 '18 at 6:49
klausklaus
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asked May 28 '18 at 6:49
klausklaus
2199
asked May 28 '18 at 6:49
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You would need to have:
rename -n 's/^([^,]*),s*(.*).ext$/$2 $1.ext/' *
This
^([^,]*),matches everything but a comma until a first comma seen from the begging of the files name.This
s*(.*).ext$matches zero-or-more whitespaces followed by anything and ends with.ext.The
$2and$1is back-references to the(.*)and([^,]*)respectively.
will do rename as following:
rename(a single file,.ext, a single file.ext)
rename(a single file, some thing.ext, some thing a single file.ext)
rename(file1, A.ext, A file1.ext)
rename(file1, the.ext, the file1.ext)
P,s: remove -n to do rename on files which is used for testing.
answered May 28 '18 at 7:02
αғsнιηαғsнιη
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I came up with the following before seeing your answer:rename 's/(dd)s((w|s)*),s(A|The)/1 4 2/' *
– klaus
May 28 '18 at 7:11
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You would need to have:
rename -n 's/^([^,]*),s*(.*).ext$/$2 $1.ext/' *
This
^([^,]*),matches everything but a comma until a first comma seen from the begging of the files name.This
s*(.*).ext$matches zero-or-more whitespaces followed by anything and ends with.ext.The
$2and$1is back-references to the(.*)and([^,]*)respectively.
will do rename as following:
rename(a single file,.ext, a single file.ext)
rename(a single file, some thing.ext, some thing a single file.ext)
rename(file1, A.ext, A file1.ext)
rename(file1, the.ext, the file1.ext)
P,s: remove -n to do rename on files which is used for testing.
answered May 28 '18 at 7:02
αғsнιηαғsнιη
16.9k102865
I came up with the following before seeing your answer:rename 's/(dd)s((w|s)*),s(A|The)/1 4 2/' *
– klaus
May 28 '18 at 7:11
add a comment |
You would need to have:
rename -n 's/^([^,]*),s*(.*).ext$/$2 $1.ext/' *
This
^([^,]*),matches everything but a comma until a first comma seen from the begging of the files name.This
s*(.*).ext$matches zero-or-more whitespaces followed by anything and ends with.ext.The
$2and$1is back-references to the(.*)and([^,]*)respectively.
will do rename as following:
rename(a single file,.ext, a single file.ext)
rename(a single file, some thing.ext, some thing a single file.ext)
rename(file1, A.ext, A file1.ext)
rename(file1, the.ext, the file1.ext)
P,s: remove -n to do rename on files which is used for testing.
answered May 28 '18 at 7:02
αғsнιηαғsнιη
16.9k102865
I came up with the following before seeing your answer:rename 's/(dd)s((w|s)*),s(A|The)/1 4 2/' *
– klaus
May 28 '18 at 7:11
add a comment |
You would need to have:
rename -n 's/^([^,]*),s*(.*).ext$/$2 $1.ext/' *
This
^([^,]*),matches everything but a comma until a first comma seen from the begging of the files name.This
s*(.*).ext$matches zero-or-more whitespaces followed by anything and ends with.ext.The
$2and$1is back-references to the(.*)and([^,]*)respectively.
will do rename as following:
rename(a single file,.ext, a single file.ext)
rename(a single file, some thing.ext, some thing a single file.ext)
rename(file1, A.ext, A file1.ext)
rename(file1, the.ext, the file1.ext)
P,s: remove -n to do rename on files which is used for testing.
answered May 28 '18 at 7:02
αғsнιηαғsнιη
16.9k102865
You would need to have:
rename -n 's/^([^,]*),s*(.*).ext$/$2 $1.ext/' *
This
^([^,]*),matches everything but a comma until a first comma seen from the begging of the files name.This
s*(.*).ext$matches zero-or-more whitespaces followed by anything and ends with.ext.The
$2and$1is back-references to the(.*)and([^,]*)respectively.
will do rename as following:
rename(a single file,.ext, a single file.ext)
rename(a single file, some thing.ext, some thing a single file.ext)
rename(file1, A.ext, A file1.ext)
rename(file1, the.ext, the file1.ext)
P,s: remove -n to do rename on files which is used for testing.
answered May 28 '18 at 7:02
αғsнιηαғsнιη
16.9k102865
edited May 28 '18 at 7:08
answered May 28 '18 at 7:02
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16.9k102865
answered May 28 '18 at 7:02
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16.9k102865
answered May 28 '18 at 7:02
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I came up with the following before seeing your answer:rename 's/(dd)s((w|s)*),s(A|The)/1 4 2/' *
– klaus
May 28 '18 at 7:11
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I came up with the following before seeing your answer:rename 's/(dd)s((w|s)*),s(A|The)/1 4 2/' *
– klaus
May 28 '18 at 7:11
I came up with the following before seeing your answer:
rename 's/(dd)s((w|s)*),s(A|The)/1 4 2/' *– klaus
May 28 '18 at 7:11
I came up with the following before seeing your answer:
rename 's/(dd)s((w|s)*),s(A|The)/1 4 2/' *– klaus
May 28 '18 at 7:11
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