Re: [OT] Command line - OSX

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2005

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texte = OS X can't batch rename w/ a built-in command in the CLI. The following will rename all files in a directory from .html to .tpl and is easily adaptable to anything else:ls *.html | awk '{print("mv "$1" "$1)}' | sed 's/.html/.tpl/2' | /bin/shI modified line from http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010509130450691 . If you're in a GUI mood, R-Name does a good job: http://www2.mitsuya.nuem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~tagaya/mte/archives/ my_software/rname/index.htmlhth,Andy"Enjoy every sandwich. I wish I would have enjoyed every sandwich."--Warren ZevonOn Apr 4, 2005, at 7:50 PM, Vijay-Kumar Solanki wrote:> Hi Alain,>> mv foo bar>> will change the file called foo to bar, just be sure to cd to the > correct location of the file. I do not think that this would be > recursive. So you may need to do it one file at a time/>> HTH - Vijay>> On Apr 4, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Alain Russell wrote:>>> Hi ..>>>> Wondering if I can get some command line help ..>> I have a lot of files that need to be renamed from 'filename' to >> 'filenameXXX'>>>> Running OSX .. how do I do this on the command line ?>>>> Thanks>> Alain>>>> -->> Alain Russell>> Blackpepper>> p. +64 9 520 6280 | m. +64 21 446 169>> http://www.blackpepper.co.nz-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: [OT] Command line - OSX ( Andy Mowrey 2005)
Re: [OT] Command line - OSX ( Vijay-Kumar Solanki 2005)
[OT] Command line - OSX ( Alain Russell 2005)

OS X can't batch rename w/ a built-in command in the CLI. The following will rename all files in a directory from .html to .tpl and is easily adaptable to anything else:ls *.html | awk '{print("mv "$1" "$1)}' | sed 's/.html/.tpl/2' | /bin/shI modified line from http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010509130450691 . If you're in a GUI mood, R-Name does a good job: http://www2.mitsuya.nuem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~tagaya/mte/archives/ my_software/rname/index.htmlhth,Andy"Enjoy every sandwich. I wish I would have enjoyed every sandwich."--Warren ZevonOn Apr 4, 2005, at 7:50 PM, Vijay-Kumar Solanki wrote:> Hi Alain,>> mv foo bar>> will change the file called foo to bar, just be sure to cd to the > correct location of the file. I do not think that this would be > recursive. So you may need to do it one file at a time/>> HTH - Vijay>> On Apr 4, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Alain Russell wrote:>>> Hi ..>>>> Wondering if I can get some command line help ..>> I have a lot of files that need to be renamed from 'filename' to >> 'filenameXXX'>>>> Running OSX .. how do I do this on the command line ?>>>> Thanks>> Alain>>>> -->> Alain Russell>> Blackpepper>> p. +64 9 520 6280 | m. +64 21 446 169>> http://www.blackpepper.co.nz-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Andy Mowrey

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