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June 23, 2010
How To Rename File Sequentially In Linux
By Dave Taylor
As part of some user interface testing I'm involved with on an Ubuntu Linux system, I find myself frequently having to rename groups of files in a sequential manner. That is, I'll have files like "output mm-dd-yyyy at hh:mm:ss" and need to rename them to "testrun-xx-file-yy". Is there any way to automate this so I don't have to go crazy typing?

Dave's Answer:

You're asking about a fairly straightforward shell script programming task, actually, which I think can be easily solved by recognizing that there are three basic steps:

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