Thread: Change names of thousands of files
hi,
wife , come wonderful holiday. now, after placed pictures on computer, found out many names different other names. have no idea why camera did this.
have names img_0123 , have names _mg_0124. code can change names starting underscore name starting _mg_0124 becomes img_0124?
can me please? thank you.
before tell you, sure camera hasn't done reason. instance, there '_mg_1234' , 'img_1234'? if so, running command i'd suggest overwrite file named img_1234 file named _mg_1234. first, check files same number using following command (after cd in directory pictures of course)
ls | awk -f'mg_' '{print $2}' | sort | uniq -c | sort
print out list showing number of occurrences of given number. files share same number appear @ bottom of list, if last item on list starts number 1, go. example, if last line looks
1 1234
know there 1 file has 1234 in it. if, see
2 1234
know there both _mg_1234 , img_1234 , below command overwrite latter file. if case, let me know , can pull script work around it. if there few, can rename them manually.
out of way, here command. assuming of pictures in 1 directory, cd directory , run
rename _mg img *
yes, work run such simple command. have careful shell![]()
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