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Script with renaming files in terminal

I am writing a script in bash to manage files. I need to add a functionality to change files name. To get a file I use zenity File Selection Dialog. After this operation I have a variable with path to this file: /home/user/Desktop/name_of_file. How can I remove current file name from this string and put there a new one?

Solution

  • With Bash‘s Parameter Expansion:

    name="/home/user/Desktop/name_of_file"
new="${name%/*}/new_name_of_file"
echo "$new"

    Output:

    /home/user/Desktop/new_name_of_file