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October 16, 2018 12:32
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To append a serial number to all the files contained in a directory
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| files=$(ls | awk '{print $1}') | |
| serial=1 | |
| for fn in $files; do | |
| echo "the next file is $fn" | |
| extension="${fn##*.}" | |
| filename="${fn%.*}" | |
| echo "serial is $serial" | |
| echo "filename is $filename and extension is $extension" | |
| newfilename=$filename$serial | |
| echo "mv $filename.$extension $newfilename.$extension" | |
| mv $filename.$extension $newfilename.$extension | |
| echo "new filename is $newfilename" | |
| serial=$(($serial+1)) | |
| done |
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