Bash – Batch Renaming Files with a Pattern

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I have some files named like these:

63018933.mp4?token=1325697436_b0c3e70c6e339380b4a484c576a8c287

63808488.mp4?token=1325697401_4ae5f7a68d93873c8881b303e7655e14

How do I rename all them to, for example 63018933.mp4(remove characters after mp4)?

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This could be one way:

for file in *.mp4\?token*; do mv --no-clobber "$file" "${file%%\?*}"; done

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Renaming files with its path name

I would use the mcp tool from the mmv ("multiple move") package for that:

mcp '/home/user/*/*/Load.bdf' '#1_#2_Load.bdf'

The #1, #2 etc. in the second string will be replaced by the contents of the corresponding 1st, 2nd etc. wildcard from the first string. Note that the path is in single quotes so that the wildcards are interpreted by mcp, not by the shell.

With the command shown, the files will be copied to the current directory. If you replace mcp with mmv, the files will be moved instead.

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