linux shell script to remove digits

Question

I want to rename 200 files Actually each files is named liked this :

00001-abcd-efgg?g............. 00002-xcvb-vbnv?b............. 00003-cbvc-hugh?j.............

Now I want to rename all this files like this :

001 002 003 ...

So I need to remove the first 2 digit, and to remove also everything after the fifth digit. Warning : there's a " ? " in each file I want to rename.

That's nice... have you tried this at all yourself, or are you just wanting us to do your job for you? — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Aug 17, 2012 at 14:48

beny23 · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-17 14:51:58Z

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for f in * do mv "$f" "${f:2:3}" done

answered Aug 17, 2012 at 14:51

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Thor · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-18 18:53:03Z

Use rename:

rename -nv 's,.*(\d{3}).*,$1,' *

Output:

00001-abcd-efgg?g............. renamed as 001 00002-xcvb-vbnv?b............. renamed as 002 00003-cbvc-hugh?j............. renamed as 003

Remove the n when you're satisfied with the output.