Rename all files in directory from $filename_h to $filename_half?

Question

Dead simple.

How do I rename

05_h.png
06_h.png

to

05_half.png
06_half.png

At least, I think it\

Answer 1

Another approach can be manually using batch rename option

Right click on the file -> File Custom Commands -> Batch Rename and you can replace h. with half.

This will work for linux based gui using WinSCP etc

Answer 2

One liner:
for file in *.php ; do mv "$file" "_$file" ; done

Answer 3

I had a similar question: In the manual, it describes rename as

rename [option] expression replacement file

so you can use it in this way

rename _h _half *.png

In the code: '_h' is the expression that you are looking for. '_half' is the pattern that you want to replace with. '*.png' is the range of files that you are looking for your possible target files.

Hope this can help c:

Answer 4

Although the answer set is complete, I need to add another missing one.

for i in *_h.png;
  do name=`echo "$i" | cut -d'_' -f1`
  echo "Executing of name $name" 
  mv "$i" "${name}_half.png"
done

Answer 5

Just use bash, no need to call external commands.

for file in *_h.png
do
  mv "$file" "${file/_h.png/_half.png}"
done

Do not add #!/bin/sh

For those that need that one-liner:

for file in *.png; do mv "$file" "${file/_h.png/_half.png}"; done