Hi Peter,
> I think I have got it the hard way. Now to repeat 12 times.
>
> $ rename -v 's/01 - //' *.ogg
> 01 - Charlie Parker - All the Things You Are.ogg renamed as Charlie Parker -
> All the Things You Are.ogg
> 01 - John Coltrane - Blue Train (live).ogg renamed as John Coltrane - Blue
> Train (live).ogg
> 01 - Miles Davis - Half Nelson.ogg renamed as Miles Davis - Half Nelson.ogg
> 01 - Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk (live).ogg renamed as Thelonious Monk - Blue
> Monk (live).ogg
rename -v 's/^\d+ - //' *.ogg
s substitute
/ start regular-expression search pattern
\d a digit
+ one or more times
␣-␣ space, dash, space to be matched literally
/ separate search pattern from the replacement
/ end the replacement, i.e. replace with nothing
I like Monk's ’Round midnight.
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