I am using the 'rename' command to rename a set of files; for example:
inputcac1010.inp.log inputcac1110.inp.log inputcac1210.inp.log inputcac1310.inp.log
inputcac1020.inp.log inputcac1120.inp.log inputcac1220.inp.log inputcac1320.inp.log
inputcac1030.inp.log inputcac1130.inp.log inputcac1230.inp.log inputcac1330.inp.log
inputcac1040.inp.log inputcac1140.inp.log inputcac1240.inp.log inputcac1340.inp.log
inputcac1050.inp.log inputcac1150.inp.log inputcac1250.inp.log inputcac1350.inp.log
inputcac1060.inp.log inputcac1160.inp.log inputcac1260.inp.log inputcac1360.inp.log
inputcac1070.inp.log inputcac1170.inp.log inputcac1270.inp.log inputcac1370.inp.log
inputcac1080.inp.log inputcac1180.inp.log inputcac1280.inp.log inputcac1380.inp.log
inputcac1090.inp.log inputcac1190.inp.log inputcac1290.inp.log inputcac1390.inp.log
inputcac1100.inp.log inputcac1200.inp.log inputcac1300.inp.log inputcac1400.inp.log
must be renamed to
inputcac1010.log inputcac1110.log inputcac1210.log inputcac1310.log
inputcac1020.log inputcac1120.log inputcac1220.log inputcac1320.log
inputcac1030.log inputcac1130.log inputcac1230.log inputcac1330.log
inputcac1040.log inputcac1140.log inputcac1240.log inputcac1340.log
inputcac1050.log inputcac1150.log inputcac1250.log inputcac1350.log
inputcac1060.log inputcac1160.log inputcac1260.log inputcac1360.log
inputcac1070.log inputcac1170.log inputcac1270.log inputcac1370.log
inputcac1080.log inputcac1180.log inputcac1280.log inputcac1380.log
inputcac1090.log inputcac1190.log inputcac1290.log inputcac1390.log
inputcac1100.log inputcac1200.log inputcac1300.log inputcac1400.log
I used
rename 's/inp\.log/log/' *.inp.log
It doesn't seem to work. I renamed them in a different way by reading the file names and using sed, but I am quite confused as to why this command didn't work in my case!!! Could anyone clarify? Thanks!
You have the version of rename that takes arguments like this:
rename inp.log log *.inp.log
I usually just use a loop; performance isn't a big issue, because how often do you really need to rename lots of files at once?
for f in *.inp.log; do
mv "$f" "${f%.inp.log}.log"
done