Hi John, I don't know how to do this with R, but on Linux I'd use rename (or maybe even by hand if it's a one time event). On Windows I believe there is a tool called Bulk Rename.
HTH Ulrik On Thu, 28 Sep 2017 at 11:37 John <miao...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have 50 files whose names are > > XYZW01Genesis_ABC.mp3 > XYZW02Genesis_ABC.mp3 > ....... > XYZW50Genesis_ABC.mp3 > > As you can tell, the only difference across the files are 01, 02, > 03,....50. > > I would like to rename them to > 01Gen01.mp3 > 01Gen02.mp3 > ....... > 01Gen50.mp3 > > If I store them in one folder and write an R code in that folder, how can > it be done? > > Thanks, > > John > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.