Need Windows scripts conversion for Linux environment...

[buccaneere]

I have a script that I use often in Windows, for renaming files.

Specifically, the script removes the first couple of digits from system files, and leaves the last 2 digits -

HPIM_00.jpg,
HPIM_01.jpg,
HPIM_02.jpg, etc., ...

and gives

00.jpg
01.jpg
02.jpg, etc., ...

This is the script in 'Windese':
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion



PushD "J:\home\chuck-04d0\Desktop\Beach"

For /F "Tokens=1 Delims=" %%I In ('dir /A-D /B IMG_*.JPG') Do (

Set _tmp=%%I

Set _tmp=!_tmp:~1!

Ren "%%I" "!_tmp! "

)

PopD



What would it look like in Torvaldese???

[ph34r]

for i in `ls -1 *.[jJ][pP][gG]`
do
  newfilename=`echo $i | cut -f 2 -d \_`
  mv $i $newfilename
done

Or similar should do it ... or at least get you started.

[buccaneere]

Thanks there ph34r...

Is the script, as you posted it, the entire contents of the script file?

What will be the file extension?

Thanks again there...

[ph34r]

Thanks there ph34r...

Is the script, as you posted it, the entire contents of the script file?

What will be the file extension?

Thanks again there...

Missing the first line - should start with

#!/bin/bash

Linux doesn't care about extensions - just make the script executable.

[buccaneere]

How do I target ONLY files in a particular folder - using my earlier example, for instance...

J:\home\chuck-04d0\Desktop\Beach

What is ls -l ?

Thanks again...