How replace strings in filenames with scripts?

[Nico M]

Hey,

I have a question about scripting, for which I didn't see a seperate forum.

I have a group of xml-files linked to each other and with strings like "yymmdd" in their names. Manually I replace the string by a date (like "080324") when I want to update a file.

Now I wondered if there was a script for that. I already wrote a small script which replaces these strings inside the files, but is it also possible to replace the string in the filenames? If not, I should think of another system...

[daneel971]

for i in *.xml; do mv -v $i ${i/yymmdd/`date +%y%m%d`}; done

use "cp" for testing, instead of "mv".

[Nico M]

Originally Posted by daneel971

for i in *.xml; do mv -v $i ${i/yymmdd/`date +%y%m%d`}; done

use "cp" for testing, instead of "mv".

Hai Daneel971,

it works perfect!
thanks a lot!

Nico