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Script to rename files name using regular expression
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#!/bin/bash | |
# | |
# Script to rename files name using regular expression | |
# | |
# Unofficial Documentation: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76514831/how-to-change-files-name-under-linux-regular-expression | |
# https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/100#Substituting_part_of_a_string | |
# | |
# Date: May 16, 2014 | |
# Author: Sebastian Rios Sabogal - sebaxtianrioss@gmail.com | |
# | |
# Run: ./rename.sh <file_extension> | |
# ./rename.sh .csv | |
# | |
FILE_EXTENSION=$1 | |
echo "Rename files name, with $FILE_EXTENSION extension ..." | |
if [ -z "$FILE_EXTENSION" ] | |
then | |
echo "File extension required" | |
else | |
for name in *:*$FILE_EXTENSION; do | |
# Target Files Name: marzo_2024-03-07T19:31:28.884+00:00.csv | |
# Rename to: marzo_2024-03-07T19-31-28-884-00-00.csv | |
newname=${name//:/-} | |
newname=${newname//+/-} | |
newname=${newname/./-} | |
mv -v -n -- "$name" "$newname" | |
done | |
fi | |
echo "END" |
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