How to rename in ascending order of files in a folder
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I have a folder named FOLDER and inside, I have files named
file.2.fna
file.5.fna
file.6.fna
file.8.fna
file.12.fna
I want to rename the number part of each file in an ascending order starting with 0.
The desired output is
file.0.fna
file.1.fna
file.2.fna
file.3.fna
file.4.fna
I can do this manually by
mv FOLDER/file.2.fna FOLDER/file.0.fna
rm FOLDER/file.2.fna
But it does not seem appropriate since I have several dozens of files
Is there a for loop to do the job?
The for loop I've tried is
for file in FOLDER/file.*.fna; do n=0; mv file FOLDER/file.${file}.fna
FOLDER/file.$n.fna; n=$n+1 ; done
This results in only single file with index 0.
I'm not sure how to increase n by 1 here.
Thank you
for-loop rename
asked Nov 12 at 6:26
Sumin Kim
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I have a folder named FOLDER and inside, I have files named
file.2.fna
file.5.fna
file.6.fna
file.8.fna
file.12.fna
I want to rename the number part of each file in an ascending order starting with 0.
The desired output is
file.0.fna
file.1.fna
file.2.fna
file.3.fna
file.4.fna
I can do this manually by
mv FOLDER/file.2.fna FOLDER/file.0.fna
rm FOLDER/file.2.fna
But it does not seem appropriate since I have several dozens of files
Is there a for loop to do the job?
The for loop I've tried is
for file in FOLDER/file.*.fna; do n=0; mv file FOLDER/file.${file}.fna
FOLDER/file.$n.fna; n=$n+1 ; done
This results in only single file with index 0.
I'm not sure how to increase n by 1 here.
Thank you
for-loop rename
asked Nov 12 at 6:26
Sumin Kim
938
I would start by looking atls -1which sorts your files alphabetically. You could then write a loop to rename your ordered files as you wish.
– Bishal
Nov 12 at 6:31
Hi @Bishal, I inserted the for loop code I've tried. Still have some problems.Thank you.
– Sumin Kim
Nov 12 at 6:37
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up vote
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I have a folder named FOLDER and inside, I have files named
file.2.fna
file.5.fna
file.6.fna
file.8.fna
file.12.fna
I want to rename the number part of each file in an ascending order starting with 0.
The desired output is
file.0.fna
file.1.fna
file.2.fna
file.3.fna
file.4.fna
I can do this manually by
mv FOLDER/file.2.fna FOLDER/file.0.fna
rm FOLDER/file.2.fna
But it does not seem appropriate since I have several dozens of files
Is there a for loop to do the job?
The for loop I've tried is
for file in FOLDER/file.*.fna; do n=0; mv file FOLDER/file.${file}.fna
FOLDER/file.$n.fna; n=$n+1 ; done
This results in only single file with index 0.
I'm not sure how to increase n by 1 here.
Thank you
for-loop rename
asked Nov 12 at 6:26
Sumin Kim
938
I have a folder named FOLDER and inside, I have files named
file.2.fna
file.5.fna
file.6.fna
file.8.fna
file.12.fna
I want to rename the number part of each file in an ascending order starting with 0.
The desired output is
file.0.fna
file.1.fna
file.2.fna
file.3.fna
file.4.fna
I can do this manually by
mv FOLDER/file.2.fna FOLDER/file.0.fna
rm FOLDER/file.2.fna
But it does not seem appropriate since I have several dozens of files
Is there a for loop to do the job?
The for loop I've tried is
for file in FOLDER/file.*.fna; do n=0; mv file FOLDER/file.${file}.fna
FOLDER/file.$n.fna; n=$n+1 ; done
This results in only single file with index 0.
I'm not sure how to increase n by 1 here.
Thank you
for-loop rename
for-loop rename
asked Nov 12 at 6:26
Sumin Kim
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asked Nov 12 at 6:26
Sumin Kim
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edited Nov 12 at 7:00
asked Nov 12 at 6:26
Sumin Kim
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asked Nov 12 at 6:26
Sumin Kim
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asked Nov 12 at 6:26
Sumin Kim
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I would start by looking atls -1which sorts your files alphabetically. You could then write a loop to rename your ordered files as you wish.
– Bishal
Nov 12 at 6:31
Hi @Bishal, I inserted the for loop code I've tried. Still have some problems.Thank you.
– Sumin Kim
Nov 12 at 6:37
add a comment |
I would start by looking atls -1which sorts your files alphabetically. You could then write a loop to rename your ordered files as you wish.
– Bishal
Nov 12 at 6:31
Hi @Bishal, I inserted the for loop code I've tried. Still have some problems.Thank you.
– Sumin Kim
Nov 12 at 6:37
I would start by looking at
ls -1 which sorts your files alphabetically. You could then write a loop to rename your ordered files as you wish.– Bishal
Nov 12 at 6:31
I would start by looking at
ls -1 which sorts your files alphabetically. You could then write a loop to rename your ordered files as you wish.– Bishal
Nov 12 at 6:31
Hi @Bishal, I inserted the for loop code I've tried. Still have some problems.Thank you.
– Sumin Kim
Nov 12 at 6:37
Hi @Bishal, I inserted the for loop code I've tried. Still have some problems.Thank you.
– Sumin Kim
Nov 12 at 6:37
add a comment |
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I have got around this by
#!/bin/bash
a=0
echo $a
for i in file_*; do
new=$(printf "file_%d" "$a")
echo $new
mv -i -- "$i" "$new"
let a=a+1
done
answered Nov 12 at 7:21
Sumin Kim
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
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up vote
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I have got around this by
#!/bin/bash
a=0
echo $a
for i in file_*; do
new=$(printf "file_%d" "$a")
echo $new
mv -i -- "$i" "$new"
let a=a+1
done
answered Nov 12 at 7:21
Sumin Kim
938
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
I have got around this by
#!/bin/bash
a=0
echo $a
for i in file_*; do
new=$(printf "file_%d" "$a")
echo $new
mv -i -- "$i" "$new"
let a=a+1
done
answered Nov 12 at 7:21
Sumin Kim
938
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I have got around this by
#!/bin/bash
a=0
echo $a
for i in file_*; do
new=$(printf "file_%d" "$a")
echo $new
mv -i -- "$i" "$new"
let a=a+1
done
answered Nov 12 at 7:21
Sumin Kim
938
I have got around this by
#!/bin/bash
a=0
echo $a
for i in file_*; do
new=$(printf "file_%d" "$a")
echo $new
mv -i -- "$i" "$new"
let a=a+1
done
answered Nov 12 at 7:21
Sumin Kim
938
answered Nov 12 at 7:21
Sumin Kim
938
answered Nov 12 at 7:21
Sumin Kim
938
answered Nov 12 at 7:21
Sumin Kim
938
938
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I would start by looking at
ls -1which sorts your files alphabetically. You could then write a loop to rename your ordered files as you wish.– Bishal
Nov 12 at 6:31
Hi @Bishal, I inserted the for loop code I've tried. Still have some problems.Thank you.
– Sumin Kim
Nov 12 at 6:37