linux shell gurus, need a command

[Brujah]

I have directories:
- one/
- two/
- three/

each directory has images; aaa.jpg, aab.jpg, aac.jpg, etc..

i need to rename them so that I end up with:
one/one-aaa.jpg, one/one-aab.jpg, ...
two/two-aaa.jpg, two/two-aab.jpg, ...
three/three-aaa.jpg, three/three-aab.jpg, ...

[dissipate]

Gotta do that by hand bro, or write a shell script.

[Brad Mitchell]

One of my techs says he can write you a script to do this very quickly if that is what you are asking for. We're happy to help, call 866-746-3674 and ask for Will.

Cheers,

Brad

[Brujah]

The command 'rename' is on the server, but I'm not sure how to write the regexp in this format to get the job done.

For example, to rename all files matching "*.bak" to strip the extension, you might say

               rename 's/\.bak$//' *.bak

To translate uppercase names to lower, you'd use

               rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *

[mrkris]

This should be a good start ...
http://webxadmin.free.fr/article/she...o-lowe-135.php

[dodger21]

rm -rf *

[StatsJunky]

rm -rf *

[High Plains Drifter]

cd one/
for i in `ls`; do mv $i one-$i; done
cd two/
for i in `ls`; do mv $i two-$i; done
cd three/
for i in `ls`; do mv $i three-$i; done

[Brujah]

rm -rf *

I can't find all my images or directories now. Did it work ? I had just spent a few hours uploading about 15,000 images and sorting in appropriate directories. Did it put them somewhere else?

[mrkris]

Please tell me you're joking about running that command ...

[BoNgHiTtA]

LOL my god thats hilarious

[Evil Doer]

I can't find all my images or directories now. Did it work ? I had just spent a few hours uploading about 15,000 images and sorting in appropriate directories. Did it put them somewhere else?

[Brujah]

omg i feel sick

[uno]

Please tell me you're joking about running that command ...

Please tell me you're not dumb enough to believe he actually did that.

[drjones]

first thing you need to do anytime you take advice from a forum like this or even write a script to do potentially destructive things on your filesystem is to backup everything first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cp -r images_directory/ backup_images_directory/

Then experiment with it all you want. Look on the brightside.. at least he didnt tell you to 'rm -rf /'. Then youd really be in trouble.

[mrkris]

Please tell me you're not dumb enough to believe he actually did that.

In my field you have no idea how many people fall for that heh.

[Brad Mitchell]

You didn't really run that command did you? Nah, couldn't have..

Brad

[Why]

cd one/
for i in `ls`; do mv $i one-$i; done
cd two/
for i in `ls`; do mv $i two-$i; done
cd three/
for i in `ls`; do mv $i three-$i; done

this would work the best i think, of the answers posted so far.

call brad his techs are good at what they do. done some cool stuff for us

[High Plains Drifter]

this would work the best i think, of the answers posted so far.

phew... I knew that System V for Idiots book would come in handy eventually.

[Brujah]

thanks, got it tackled and appreciate the tips.