RE: [cobalt-users] Rename Mult Files

["mjr" <mjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This worked...Thank you for your information...
Please disregard last email

make a file....
name it something
chmod +x something
./something

#!/bin/bash
for FILE in `ls -1 *.jpg.jpg`
do
   NEWFILE="`echo $FILE | sed 's/.jpg.jpg/.jpg/'`"
   mv $FILE $NEWFILE
done


>How do you rename mult files in the same directory?
>I have a dir with about 400 filename.jpg in it...most of them have 
>incorrect file names such as filename.jpg.jpg I try mv filename.jpg.jpg 
>to filename.jpg and it works fine...
>I try mv *.jpg.jpg to *.jpg
>But it says I need to use a directory...Is there a way that I can 
>change mult file in the same directory?


for FILE in `ls -1 *.jpg.jpg`
do
   NEWFILE="`echo $FILE | sed 's/.jpg.jpg/.jpg/'`"
   mv $FILE $NEWFILE
done

Watch your quotes!

to be safer:

mkdir SAFE
for FILE in `ls -1 *.jpg.jpg`
do
   NEWFILE="`echo $FILE | sed 's/.jpg.jpg/.jpg/'`"
   cp $FILE SAFE/
   mv $FILE $NEWFILE
done



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