[GLLUG] CLI renaming question

[Chick Tower]

Yeah, I don't have to use it often, but rename really does make tricky 
file renaming jobs easy.

Hey, your rename command is different than the one I've used on 
Slackware and Arch.  There's no mention of using vi-like commands on the 
filenames.  I think I would have just typed

rename vactions!!!!!?? vactions?? vactions???????.jpg

for the ones with two digits in the names, and perhaps again with extra 
question marks for those with three digits in their names.  I haven't 
tested it, though.


                                Chick

On 04/03/2012 06:25 PM, J Neveau wrote:
> Well, I found the solution to my renaming issue of 100+ files being named
>
> vactions!!!!!01.jpg   vactions!!!!!02  vactions!!!!!03     etc, etc
>
> rename "s/[!]//g" *.jpg
>
> And away went the vile exclamation points!
>
>
> At this point, have no idea HOW it specifically worked.....but it did.
>   I'll need
> to do some more reading on the syntax of that "rename" command.
>
> Thanks for all of the suggestions.