On Wednesday 16 May 2007, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
> I have a directory full of directories that are all named in the
> following manner:
>
> #####_alpha_name
>
>
> I need them renamed to just:
>
> #####
>
>
> Is there an easy way via the command line to truncate them to just
> the first five characters (which would be just their ID number)?

rename ?



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