I have files name filename.gz.1 and i need to rename them to filename.gz, There are allot of files and every name is different,
I know i cant to this for i in $(ls); do mv $i $i.1; done
,
But can i do this reverse, from filename.gz.1 to filename.gz and keep the original file name?
I have tried this,
for i in $(ls | grep "xz\|gz"); do echo "mv $i $i | $(rev) | $(cut -c3-) | $(rev) |)"; done
But this ignores my Pipes.
Can anyone help me?
CodePudding user response:
You can use
for i in ...;
do
echo "$i --> ${i%.*}"
done
The ${i%.*}
will remove at the end (%
) what match a period followed by anything (.*
)
CodePudding user response:
You have to use --extended-regexp
when using a pipe as separation.
echo -e "foo.xz\nbar.gz\nbaz" | grep -E "(xz|gz)"
and don't use ls
for list your files, it is not save. instead you can use the loop to search for files.
for file in /PATH/TO/FILES; do
echo $file
done
CodePudding user response:
I was able to resolve it like this:
for i in $(ls | grep "xz\|gz"); do echo "mv $i $i" | rev | cut -c3- | rev; done | bash