rename the files

[manimarank]

Hi all,
I want to rename the files using substitution method, for ex
i have list of files of test_001.c,test_002.c,test_003.c etc
i need to modify the "test" to "test_src"

alpha$: ls -al | sed -e 's/test/test_src/g'

this is not working,can anybody suggest me the bug in the command pls.

Thxs,
manik

[sarang]

you can use 'mv' command to remane files
ex, 'mv test test_src'

[radoulov]

Hi all,
I want to rename the files using substitution method, for ex
i have list of files of test_001.c,test_002.c,test_003.c etc
i need to modify the "test" to "test_src"
[...]

If you have rename (on Linux, for example):

rename test test_src test*.c

With zsh:

autoload -U zmv
zmv 'test_(*)' 'test_src_$1'

With bash/ksh93(not ksh88!):

$ for i in test*.c;do mv "$i" "${i/test/test_src}";done

Otherwise:

for i in test*.c;do mv "$i" test_src"${i#????}";done

[manimarank]

If you have rename (on Linux, for example):

rename test test_src test*.c

With zsh:

autoload -U zmv
zmv 'test_(*)' 'test_src_$1'

With bash/ksh93(not ksh88!):

$ for i in test*.c;do mv "$i" "${i/test/test_src}";done

Otherwise:

for i in test*.c;do mv "$i" test_src"${i#????}";done

Thanks for your support!!!