[Nottingham] Batch file renaming

[Andrew Etches]

> >> Could someone suggest a way to rename all these files so as to strip the 
> >> trailing ".128kbps" and leave the rest of the filename and folder names 
> >> intact?
> > 
> > OK, first:
> > 
> > MAKE A FULL BACKUP OF EVERYTHING FIRST!
> > 
> > 
> > For take one, try:
> > 
> > cd to the top directory, and:
> > 
> > find . -name '*.128k' -print | while read n ; do mv -v "${n}"
> > "${n%.128k}" ; done

Wouldn't a basic 'cd musicdir; rename ".128kbps" "" */*' do?