delete file name space the rename is rename perl version

Not as elegant as the zmv version.

This command can be used to rename all the files with extension .xls( in this case) to .ods files. It can be used for other files with certain extension.

rename command in my system -Fuduntu running 2.6.38 Linux Kernel- is an ELF 64-bit LSB executable, not a Perl script. man page for rename command shows syntax as "rename from to where" (or something like that), so I am doing just what I have been told... Show Sample Output

This uses Perl's rename utility (you may have to call it as prename on your box) and won't choke on spaces or other characters in filenames. It will also zero pad a number even in filenames like "vacation-4.jpg".

Would this command line achieve the desired function? My CLI knowledge is not great so this could certainly be wrong. It is merely a suggestion for more experienced uses to critique. Best wishes roly :-) Show Sample Output

easier way to recursively change files to lowercase using rename instead

of course, replace the "-" after / by the character you wish. a dot must by protected by a backslash, as it is a regexp. it's the same result as the command proposed. but if there is more than a dash in the name, only the part before the first dash is kept... so that's not an "extension renaming" command.

the "i" controls case sensitiveness. It's slightly inefficient since it uselessly renames .jpg to .jpg, but that's more than compensated by launching only one process instead of two, besides being shorter to write.

As long as you have perl based rename. You can check: =$ rename --help Unknown option: help Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] That's the good one.

All words of the filenames except "a", "of", "that" and "to" are capitalized. To also match words which begin with a specific string, you can use this: rename 's/\b((?!hello\b|t)[a-z]+)/\u$1/g' * This will capitalize all words except "hello" and words beginning with "t".

Anyone know how to avoid title casing some words, like 'to', 'of', 'that', etc.?

Uses vi style search / replace in bash to rename files. Works with regex's too (I use the following a script to fixup / shorten file names): # Remove complete parenthetical/bracket/brace phrases rename 's/\(.*\)//g' * rename 's/\[.*\]//g' * rename 's/\{.*\}//g' * Show Sample Output

It's the rename-tool from debians perl-package.

This command is useful for renaming a clipart, pic gallery or your photo collection. It will only change the big caps to small ones (on the extension). Show Sample Output

This commands removes space from all the files with specific extension. I've specifed *.jpg as an example.