Bulk rename files with numbering

Question

How do I bulk rename multiple files named

Image401.jpg, Image402.jpg,...

to

Image 001.jpg, Image002.jpg, ... ?

Useless · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-12 19:02:17Z

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You just want to change '4' to '0'?

for f in Image4*.jpg
do
  # replace Image4 prefix with Image0
  newname="Image0${f#Image4}"
  mv "$f" "$newname"
done

Or you want to subtract 400 from the numeric part? Or something else?

edited Mar 12 '12 at 19:02

answered Mar 12 '12 at 15:35

Useless
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mv "$f" Image0"${f#Image4}" is a much faster and safer way to do this. The $( echo | sed ) approach, even if it works on filenames like Image401.jpg, is not very robust as it will mangle filenames containing odd characters or spaces, and is much slower because of the extra temporary subshell and processes created for every single file. – jw013 Mar 12 '12 at 18:44

All true - and it wasn't even the best sed command to use. – Useless Mar 12 '12 at 18:59

Gilles · Answer 2 · 2012-03-13 22:42:14Z

Under Linux, to change the first 4 in the file names to 0:

rename 4 0 Image4*.jpg

Under Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives, rename is a different file renaming program, which is based on a Perl expression. Either call rename.ul instead, or call the Perl renaming script:

rename 's/4/0/' Image4*.jpg

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