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Batch rename files in Linux with "for" and "sed"
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batch-rename.bash
# For a list of files like this...
# eng-web_002_GEN_01_read.txt
# eng-web_096_REV_22_read.txt
# Batch rename removing "eng-web_" and "_read"...
for i in *; do mv ${i} $(echo ${i} | sed 's/eng-web_//;s/_read//'); done
# Result is file list like this...
# 002_GEN_01.txt
# 096_REV_22.txt
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