[NTLUG:Discuss] batch file rename

[Bobby Wrenn]

I copied and pasted your code into my shell script (below). I was 
working in a backup directory so no harm. Running the script deleted all 
the files in the directory. I tried it with only one file in the 
directory. Same result.

#!/bin/bash
for i in *.mp3
do
    IFS="${IFS}-." set $i
    mv $i $4$2$3.mp3
done

On 09/19/2014 03:37 AM, Rusty Haddock wrote:
> Bobby Wrenn wrote:
>      >I took out the extra "sed" and escaped the "+". No error but the script
>      >just executes and never exits. Nothing happens.
>      >
>      >No on line examples that I found addressed this kind of transposition in
>      >the file name. Any other ideas, anyone?
>
> This worked for me for changing filesd like CCC-05-15-2014.mp3 to
> 20140515.mp3:
>
>      for i in *.mp3
>      do
> 	IFS="${IFS}-." set $i
> 	mv $i $4$2$3.mp3
>      done
>
> 	-Rusty-