Rename all files in a linux directory [duplicate]

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Batch rename files in Linux

I have a list of 1000 files in a directory in my linux system like this:

01-Star_Network.en.srt  
02-Subsets.en.srt  
03-Function_Comparision.en.srt

I want .en eliminated from all files, and rename them to:

01-Star_Network.srt  
02-Subsets.srt  
03-Function_Comparision.srt

Is there any bash, python, java or PHP script to do this?

Answer 1

Just use this command :

rename 's/\.en\.srt$/.srt/' *.srt

rename is Perl rename, it's the default on Ubuntu :

$ LANG=C update-alternatives --display rename
rename - auto mode
  link currently points to /usr/bin/prename
/usr/bin/prename - priority 60
  slave rename.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/prename.1.gz
Current 'best' version is '/usr/bin/prename'.

It's installed with perl Ubuntu package itself.

Answer 2

The following command will do that:

find . -name '*.en.srt' | sed 'h; s/.en.srt$/.srt/; H; x; s/\n/ /' | xargs -l mv

• find finds the files to be renamed
• sed edits the filename
• xargs calls the mv command for each filename to do the job

To check first what you are doing, try adding 'echo' just before mv, like this:

find . -name '*.en.srt' | sed 'h; s/.en.srt$/.srt/; H; x; s/\n/ /' | xargs -l echo mv

Answer 3

rename from util-linux should do that too:

rename .en.srt .srt *.en.srt