Re: mv * small_*

Kelwin Wylie <[email protected]> Fri, 28 May 2010 16:17:42 -0400

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To rename the files, assuming they are all in one directory and that you
are using bash:

1. cd to the directory

2. execute the following:

for FILE in *; do mv $FILE small_$FILE; done


Kelwin

On 05/28/2010 03:56 PM, James wrote:
>   I want to prepend 'small_' to a bunch of files and then resize them 
> with image magic.
> Does anyone know how to do regex with mv?

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