rename several files at once

[karacharlie]

Hi,
I'd like to rename several files, but I know only one part of the name, e.g.
rename:
abc.x.y.z...
abc.1.2.3... (x,y,z,1,2,3 not known)
to
abc000.x.y.z...
abc000.1.2.3...

The problem is that I only know the <abc.> of the filenames, but not the rest of the file's name

Could anyone help?
Thanks
Charlie

 

[motoslide]

This worked for me, but I'm sure others will have a better approach:

for i in `ls file*`                            
do                                             
  name1=`echo $i|awk -F . '{ print $1 '}`        
  name2=`echo $i|awk -F "$name1." '{ print $2 '}`
  newname=`echo $name1|awk '{ print $1 "000" '}` 
  mv $name1.$name2 $newname.$name2               
done

 

[xmb]

bash:

for file in abc.*; do
  echo mv $file ${file%%.*}000.${file#*.}
done

What about the answers you got to the (nearly) same thread in the awk forum?
(How to get the ID for ThreadNNN JS links?)

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... Windows for solitaire

 

[vgersh99]

this
[ignore]
thread271-1013350
[/ignore]

results in this:
thread271-1013350

simply copy the thread id from the top of the thread and paste it - it becomes TGML "thingy" implicitely.

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[xmb]

Found it, but time consuming translations of a few words for this (ex)post, and wush there was your post Its so unimposing under the title.

perl rename:

rename 's/\./000./' abc.*
# or crappy syntax
rename . 000. abc.*

 

[karacharlie]

thanks,
it works!!