Renaming Multiple Files 4

[iaresean]

Hello All;

I have about 370+ files in a folder that I would like to rename so that they can be used by another script that I have written. I need to rename them all in a specific pattern/sequence. (e.g. file0001.txt file0002.txt file0003.txt)

I know that I could go through each file myself and rename it, but I think that I will find that a bit tedious and annoying. How could I write a script to do this for me when all the current files are almost completely randomly named? I need to run through each filename individually, perform an increment and then a rename.

Does anyone have an idea of how I could do this?

Sorry if my intentions aren't clear. :-(
If they aren't, just give me a shout and I will try to explain it a bit more clearly.

THANKS A HUGE BUNCH FOR ANY AND ALL HELP!

Sean.

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
cd yourFolder
ls >/tmp/list.$$
awk '{
cmd=sprintf("mv \"%s\" file%04d.txt",$0,NR)
system(cmd)
}' /tmp/list.$$

Hope This Help, PH.
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[butterfm]

This isn't tested so try it with copies of your files first

#!/bin/ksh

counter=1

for files in *
do
mv $files file${counter}.txt
counter=`expr $counter + 1`
done

 

[toolkit]

How about

find . \( -type d ! -name . -prune \) -o \( -type f -print \) | while read file
do
    let num=$(expr $num+1)
    mv $file $num.txt
done

The fancy find simply stops the find recursing down into subdirectories.
Cheers, Neil

 

[Ygor]

Try this...

typeset -Z cnt=0001
for file in *
do
  [ -f $file ] || continue
  mv $file file$cnt.txt
  let cnt+=1
done

 

[iaresean]

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions guys. I really
appreciate the responses. I think I will go for PHV's
answer since he answered first.

A BIG THANKS TO YOU ALL THOUGH!

Sean.