massrename
massrename is a general-purpose utility for batch-renaming file extensions, as well as strings within the base filename (for example, "SomeblehFile.mp3" to "SomeblahFile.mp3").
| Tags | Systems Administration Utilities |
|---|---|
| Licenses | Artistic |
| Implementation | Perl |
Recent releases
- 23 Nov 2006 10:00
Changes: Minor bugfixes. The README file has been revised. An optional argument "--ignore-case" has been added, allowing massrename to ignore the case of filenames to be renamed at runtime. Debian and Red Hat package formats have been added.
- 14 Jun 2004 01:45
Changes: An optional argument was added to allow changing to a different directory to rename files, instead of using the current directory. The logfile name was changed to renamed.log. The system's "mv" command is now used to rename by default, however, Perl's internal rename() function can be used by employing a command-line argument. Command-line arguments were added to allow a string to be appended or prepended to the filename. The outdated man page was removed.
- 25 Apr 2004 16:10
Changes: A bug has been fixed where if a file had more than one extension, e.g. "linux-2.6.4.tar.gz", it would be renamed to "linux-2.6.4.NEWSUFFIX". This release adds a no logging option, an option to include hidden files when renaming, and an option to rename a part within a file instead of the extension (eg: "SomeblahFile.mp3" renames to "SomeblehFile.mp3" with the --from blah --to bleh -w arguments).
- 21 Apr 2004 02:09
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- All comments
Recent commentsstill alive.
Just to let you guys know, no, this project isn't dead, I've currently been working on a c++ port.
bugfix
I just realized there was a bug with massrename regarding files with spaces JUST after i released 0.9.6, and I've fixed it just as fast. If you downloaded massrename before 6:00am-ish Eastern Standard Time, re-download it to get the fix.
new version soon.
A new version will be released soon, after I implment a few more things and get some kinks worked out.
Re: Bash equivalent
You're welcome, and I knew I could do it so much simpler, I'm just boning up on my perl skills.
> Thanks, Christopher. I know the
> frustration of not being easily able to
> do it the good old DOS way: ren *.csv
> *.txt.
>
> In the Bash shell, you can say
>
> for f in *.csv; do mv $f ${f%csv}txt;
> done
>
> I suppose you could paramaterize that in
> a shell script something like
>
> #!/bin/bash
> for f in *.$1
> do
> echo "$f -->
> ${f%$1}$2"
> mv $f ${f%$1}$2
> done
>
> Good old Unix/Bash. You can do anything
> if you're willing to type enough funny
> characters.
Bash equivalent
Thanks, Christopher. I know the frustration of not being easily able to do it the good old DOS way: ren *.csv *.txt.
In the Bash shell, you can say
for f in *.csv; do mv $f ${f%csv}txt; done
I suppose you could paramaterize that in a shell script something like
#!/bin/bash
for f in *.$1
do
echo "$f --> ${f%$1}$2"
mv $f ${f%$1}$2
done
Good old Unix/Bash. You can do anything if you're willing to type enough funny characters.