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Danny
Danny

Reputation: 68

Renaming file numbers of a file name in Linux

I have 500 files with name as file_0.yuv , file_1.yuv, file_2.yuv .....file_499.yuv

I want to rename the file with adding 500 into the file number in each file name

For example:

file_0.yuv -> file_500.yuv
file_1.yuv -> file_501.yuv
file_2.yuv -> file_502.yuv
...
file_499.yuv -> file_999.yuv

I tried to use :

for i in `seq 0 499`; do mv file_$i.yuv file_$i+500.yuv; done

But that does not serve the purpose as file name come to : file_0+500.yuv

Can any one suggest me the correct command here ?

UPDATE:

I am using bash script.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 99

Answers (2)

Paul Hodges
Paul Hodges

Reputation: 15246

You can probably also use sequences, at the possible loss of some portability.

for s in {0..499}; do mv file_$i.yuv file_$((i+500)).yuv; done

Upvotes: 0

Bodo
Bodo

Reputation: 9855

If your shell is bash you can use $(( ... )) for arithmetic.

for i in `seq 0 499`; do mv file_$i.yuv file_$((i+500)).yuv; done

Instead of using backticks `foo` you should prefer to use $(foo)

for i in $(seq 0 499); do mv file_$i.yuv file_$((i+500)).yuv; done

Upvotes: 4

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