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Rename Files Starting with 'c' in Shell

The document provides a shell script that renames files in the home directory that start with the letter 'c'. It generates a new name by appending '111' to the original filename while preserving the file extension. Two variations of the script are presented, both achieving the same renaming functionality.

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Rename Files Starting with 'c' in Shell

The document provides a shell script that renames files in the home directory that start with the letter 'c'. It generates a new name by appending '111' to the original filename while preserving the file extension. Two variations of the script are presented, both achieving the same renaming functionality.

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Script No .

Definition:
Write a shell script to get all files of home directory and rename them if their names
start with c.
Newname = oldname111
Script:
clear
for i in `ls c*`
do
name=`echo $i |cut -d '.' -f1`
echo $name
str="111"
ext=`echo $i | cut -d '.' -f2`
new=$name$str
echo new filename
echo $new.$ext
mv $i $new.$ext
done

OR
Newname = oldname111

OR
for file in c*
do
if [ -f "$file" ]
then
newname="${file}111"
mv "$file" "$new_name"
echo "Renamed: $file to $new_name"
fi
done

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