strip text from the middle of all filenames in a directory

Revision: 33635

at October 11, 2010 11:23 by powerthru

Initial Code

for i in *.csv; do mv "$i" "${i/TEXTTOREMOVE/}"; done

Initial URL

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/150

Initial Description

Expects all files to be in the current directory; does not recurse into subdirectories. Replace "TEXTTOREMOVE" with the text you wish to remove from the filename. Replace *.csv with a search term appropriate for your situation.

Initial Title

strip text from the middle of all filenames in a directory

Initial Tags

directory

Initial Language

Bash

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