Comments on: Command Line Basics: Bulk Rename Files With rename http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/12/command-line-basics-bulk-rename-files-with-rename/ Linux Tweaks, HowTo's and Reviews Mon, 21 May 2012 13:40:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lorin Rivers http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/12/command-line-basics-bulk-rename-files-with-rename/comment-page-1/#comment-5817 Lorin Rivers Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:35:40 +0000 http://tuxtweaks.com/?p=1103#comment-5817 Hey, this made my day! Lot easier than find exec etc. Hey, this made my day! Lot easier than find exec etc.

]]> By: Christopher Johnson http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/12/command-line-basics-bulk-rename-files-with-rename/comment-page-1/#comment-2287 Christopher Johnson Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:53:40 +0000 http://tuxtweaks.com/?p=1103#comment-2287 I just found that adding is actually pretty easy. I wanted to append artist name to the front of every file in a folder of music by an artist so I just did: [term]rename 's//artistname-/' *.mp3[/term] Easier than I expected :). I just found that adding is actually pretty easy. I wanted to append artist name to the front of every file in a folder of music by an artist so I just did:

rename 's//artistname-/' *.mp3

Easier than I expected :) .

]]> By: Linerd http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/12/command-line-basics-bulk-rename-files-with-rename/comment-page-1/#comment-1820 Linerd Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:32:19 +0000 http://tuxtweaks.com/?p=1103#comment-1820 @Sean - There may be a better way, but you can still add characters using the replace feature. Say you wanted to add leading zeros to the numbers in the files above. <div class="term">rename 's/r_/r_0/' *.txt</div> @Sean - There may be a better way, but you can still add characters using the replace feature. Say you wanted to add leading zeros to the numbers in the files above.

rename 's/r_/r_0/' *.txt
]]> By: sean http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/12/command-line-basics-bulk-rename-files-with-rename/comment-page-1/#comment-1819 sean Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:09:13 +0000 http://tuxtweaks.com/?p=1103#comment-1819 that's remove and replace characters, is there a way to add that's remove and replace characters, is there a way to add

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