[Watford] Bulk Rename Files

[Steve Horsley]

Try:
rename 's/.*-.*-.*-//' *.gsm
On Nov 27, 2012 11:43 PM, "Rob Jefferis" <rob at letchmore.co.uk> wrote:

>  Hi guys, I have a load of files in a directory with file names similar
> to below
>
>  OUT119-20120702-084956-1341215396.177198.gsm
>
>  It is basically OUT(dialingextensionnumber)-DATE-TIME-UNIQUEID.gsm
>
>  I would like to somehow bulk rename all the files in this folder to
> strip everything other than the uniqueid.gsm bit
>
>  So in this case I want the file to end up called
>
>  1341215396.177198.gsm
>
>
>  Is there a quick way to do this?
>
>  Thanks
>
>  Rob
>
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