On Sat, 2018-02-24 at 16:38 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2018-02-24 at 09:03 -0500, bruce wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Have a bunch of files with the basic naming of: > > ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa_1__WGS_7500_001__parse.dat > > ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa_1__WGS_7500_002__parse.dat > > etc.. > > > > I'd like to simply remove the 1st part ztcloud_nfs_parsezt from the > > files, renaming the files to the rest of the filename.. > > > > Thought it should be simple using rename > > > > rename 's/ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa/aa/' zt*.dat > > Read the man page again. The pattern is just a text string, not a regex > or sed-type command.
In fact the man page is very misleading as it uses the term 'expression' without any explanation. All the same, it is in fact only a text string. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
