Rename multiple file 2

[mrimagepueblo]

I have tried figuring out some of the similar posts but can't seem to match up the examples with what I need.

I want to create a shell script that will automatically rename a bunch of graphics files cutting off the last part of the filename as their is no pattern to match on without a bunch of if statements.
The filenames for example are
5568012_101_12.jpg
5652901_101_12.jpg
5890390_101_13.jpg
5992313_101_71.jpg

I simply want the files to be renamed as
5568012.jpg
5652901.jpg
5890390.jpg
5992313.jpg

thanks a bunch in advance

 

[PHV]

One way:
ls *_*.jpg | awk '{split($0,a,"_");print "mv "$0" "a[1]".jpg"}' | sh -v

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[mrimagepueblo]

This worked great! I had additional files like 5652901_201_12.jpg and it stripped the _201_ files as well. Excellent answer and in less than 15 minutes to solve this. Now I will try and figure out what exactly it's doing.

 

[duncdude]

I'm glad you got your problem sorted... with a very nifty solution i must say!


Kind Regards
Duncan