renaming files using regular expression with linux

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I have read quite a few questions here and on the interwebz, however my file renaming still doesn't work. I've got a bunch of files that starts as follows:

libraryVCE_KM_LIBRARY_SUMARY_S...

I want to remove the first instance of library, so I run this command in linux:

rename -v '/\blibrary/' *

However no files are renamed. Why not?

Rohit Jain · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-28 10:41:21Z

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Try this:

rename 's/^library//' *

answered Aug 28, 2013 at 10:41

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Rohit Jain Over a year ago

@Sniffer. That's Perl substitution operator. s///.

Juto · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-28 11:07:49Z

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I tried this:

rename library '' *

And it seems to work.

answered Aug 28, 2013 at 11:07

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