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Rename files that are located in the current directory
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rename.sh
for FILE in *.mp4; do
mv "$FILE" "`echo $FILE | sed -r "s/^(.+)_hd-froscon16.+.mp4$/\1.mp4"/`";
done
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janbaer commented Feb 2, 2019

This one is much easier to write and also to understand I think ;-)

rename -v 's/^\d+-(.+).pdf/$1.pdf/' *.pdf

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janbaer commented Feb 2, 2019

Also take a look on mmv

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