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Swap words and reformat date in a filename
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are InWhat's with all the renames: prename, rename, file-rename?Appending a current date from a variable to a filenameIncluding a date in a filenameBatch rename image files by age plus add date and variable to filenameHow to exchange words in a filename using the shell?Reformat date stringRenaming a file the moment it appears in a folderinserting modified date into filename - 2 casesSwap 2 words without using 3rd wordValidating File Name format in linux shellpass arguments to the date command in LHS of sed
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
I have several recordings with a file-name schema like this
%year%month%day-%hour%minute%second__%phonenumber.amr
e.g.:
20190212-112007__+313206601234.amr
I want to swap words to obtain:
%phonenumber_%day-%month-%year_%hour-%minute-%second.amr
e.g.:
+313206601234__12-02-2019_11-20-07.amr
I know I can use sed utility but its syntax is like an archaic language, plus I'm confused about the use of both [0-9] and . for substitution.
sed rename
edited Apr 7 at 14:33
Rui F Ribeiro
42k1483142
asked Apr 7 at 9:03
mattia.b89mattia.b89
866421
add a comment |
I have several recordings with a file-name schema like this
%year%month%day-%hour%minute%second__%phonenumber.amr
e.g.:
20190212-112007__+313206601234.amr
I want to swap words to obtain:
%phonenumber_%day-%month-%year_%hour-%minute-%second.amr
e.g.:
+313206601234__12-02-2019_11-20-07.amr
I know I can use sed utility but its syntax is like an archaic language, plus I'm confused about the use of both [0-9] and . for substitution.
sed rename
edited Apr 7 at 14:33
Rui F Ribeiro
42k1483142
asked Apr 7 at 9:03
mattia.b89mattia.b89
866421
The archaic language is regular expressions. Howeversedif for file content and streams.rename(the Larry Wall version), issedfor file-names.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 7 at 10:14
add a comment |
I have several recordings with a file-name schema like this
%year%month%day-%hour%minute%second__%phonenumber.amr
e.g.:
20190212-112007__+313206601234.amr
I want to swap words to obtain:
%phonenumber_%day-%month-%year_%hour-%minute-%second.amr
e.g.:
+313206601234__12-02-2019_11-20-07.amr
I know I can use sed utility but its syntax is like an archaic language, plus I'm confused about the use of both [0-9] and . for substitution.
sed rename
edited Apr 7 at 14:33
Rui F Ribeiro
42k1483142
asked Apr 7 at 9:03
mattia.b89mattia.b89
866421
I have several recordings with a file-name schema like this
%year%month%day-%hour%minute%second__%phonenumber.amr
e.g.:
20190212-112007__+313206601234.amr
I want to swap words to obtain:
%phonenumber_%day-%month-%year_%hour-%minute-%second.amr
e.g.:
+313206601234__12-02-2019_11-20-07.amr
I know I can use sed utility but its syntax is like an archaic language, plus I'm confused about the use of both [0-9] and . for substitution.
sed rename
sed rename
edited Apr 7 at 14:33
Rui F Ribeiro
42k1483142
asked Apr 7 at 9:03
mattia.b89mattia.b89
866421
edited Apr 7 at 14:33
Rui F Ribeiro
42k1483142
asked Apr 7 at 9:03
mattia.b89mattia.b89
866421
edited Apr 7 at 14:33
Rui F Ribeiro
42k1483142
edited Apr 7 at 14:33
Rui F Ribeiro
42k1483142
edited Apr 7 at 14:33
Rui F Ribeiro
42k1483142
42k1483142
asked Apr 7 at 9:03
mattia.b89mattia.b89
866421
asked Apr 7 at 9:03
mattia.b89mattia.b89
866421
asked Apr 7 at 9:03
mattia.b89mattia.b89
866421
866421
The archaic language is regular expressions. Howeversedif for file content and streams.rename(the Larry Wall version), issedfor file-names.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 7 at 10:14
add a comment |
The archaic language is regular expressions. Howeversedif for file content and streams.rename(the Larry Wall version), issedfor file-names.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 7 at 10:14
The archaic language is regular expressions. However
sed if for file content and streams. rename (the Larry Wall version), is sed for file-names.– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 7 at 10:14
The archaic language is regular expressions. However
sed if for file content and streams. rename (the Larry Wall version), is sed for file-names.– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 7 at 10:14
add a comment |
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It's all about using captured groups of digits, and putting groups at desired places to get the required name:
sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/'
-Eenables ERE (Extended Regular Expressions)[[:digit:]]matches a locale-aware digitNmatchesNnumber of preceding token e.g.[[:digit:]]2matches 2 digits; this can also be a range e.g.[[:digit:]]2,4matches 2 to 4 digits
Example:
% sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/' <<<'20190212-112007__+313206601234.amr'
+313206601234__12-02-2019_11-20-07.amr
answered Apr 7 at 9:11
heemaylheemayl
36.3k378108
@mattia.b89: With prename (Perl's standalone rename command):prename -n 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/$7__$3-$2-$1_$4-$5-$6/' *.amr. If everything looks fine, remove-n.
– Cyrus
Apr 7 at 11:06
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It's all about using captured groups of digits, and putting groups at desired places to get the required name:
sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/'
-Eenables ERE (Extended Regular Expressions)[[:digit:]]matches a locale-aware digitNmatchesNnumber of preceding token e.g.[[:digit:]]2matches 2 digits; this can also be a range e.g.[[:digit:]]2,4matches 2 to 4 digits
Example:
% sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/' <<<'20190212-112007__+313206601234.amr'
+313206601234__12-02-2019_11-20-07.amr
answered Apr 7 at 9:11
heemaylheemayl
36.3k378108
@mattia.b89: With prename (Perl's standalone rename command):prename -n 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/$7__$3-$2-$1_$4-$5-$6/' *.amr. If everything looks fine, remove-n.
– Cyrus
Apr 7 at 11:06
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It's all about using captured groups of digits, and putting groups at desired places to get the required name:
sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/'
-Eenables ERE (Extended Regular Expressions)[[:digit:]]matches a locale-aware digitNmatchesNnumber of preceding token e.g.[[:digit:]]2matches 2 digits; this can also be a range e.g.[[:digit:]]2,4matches 2 to 4 digits
Example:
% sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/' <<<'20190212-112007__+313206601234.amr'
+313206601234__12-02-2019_11-20-07.amr
answered Apr 7 at 9:11
heemaylheemayl
36.3k378108
@mattia.b89: With prename (Perl's standalone rename command):prename -n 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/$7__$3-$2-$1_$4-$5-$6/' *.amr. If everything looks fine, remove-n.
– Cyrus
Apr 7 at 11:06
add a comment |
It's all about using captured groups of digits, and putting groups at desired places to get the required name:
sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/'
-Eenables ERE (Extended Regular Expressions)[[:digit:]]matches a locale-aware digitNmatchesNnumber of preceding token e.g.[[:digit:]]2matches 2 digits; this can also be a range e.g.[[:digit:]]2,4matches 2 to 4 digits
Example:
% sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/' <<<'20190212-112007__+313206601234.amr'
+313206601234__12-02-2019_11-20-07.amr
answered Apr 7 at 9:11
heemaylheemayl
36.3k378108
It's all about using captured groups of digits, and putting groups at desired places to get the required name:
sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/'
-Eenables ERE (Extended Regular Expressions)[[:digit:]]matches a locale-aware digitNmatchesNnumber of preceding token e.g.[[:digit:]]2matches 2 digits; this can also be a range e.g.[[:digit:]]2,4matches 2 to 4 digits
Example:
% sed -E 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/7__3-2-1_4-5-6/' <<<'20190212-112007__+313206601234.amr'
+313206601234__12-02-2019_11-20-07.amr
answered Apr 7 at 9:11
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answered Apr 7 at 9:11
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@mattia.b89: With prename (Perl's standalone rename command):prename -n 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/$7__$3-$2-$1_$4-$5-$6/' *.amr. If everything looks fine, remove-n.
– Cyrus
Apr 7 at 11:06
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@mattia.b89: With prename (Perl's standalone rename command):prename -n 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/$7__$3-$2-$1_$4-$5-$6/' *.amr. If everything looks fine, remove-n.
– Cyrus
Apr 7 at 11:06
@mattia.b89: With prename (Perl's standalone rename command):
prename -n 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/$7__$3-$2-$1_$4-$5-$6/' *.amr. If everything looks fine, remove -n.– Cyrus
Apr 7 at 11:06
@mattia.b89: With prename (Perl's standalone rename command):
prename -n 's/^([[:digit:]]4)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)-([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)([[:digit:]]2)__(+[[:digit:]]+)/$7__$3-$2-$1_$4-$5-$6/' *.amr. If everything looks fine, remove -n.– Cyrus
Apr 7 at 11:06
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The archaic language is regular expressions. However
sedif for file content and streams.rename(the Larry Wall version), issedfor file-names.– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 7 at 10:14