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eschwartz · 03-07-2015, 10:25 PM

Some sort of bulk rename tool might work.

EDIT: In linux, what about the following cli solution:

Code:

find -regex '\./.*\.\(azw3r\|mbp1\)' -exec sh -c 'for x; do ext=${x##*.}; needdir="${x%.*}.sdr"; fname="${x##*/}"; mkdir -p "${needdir}"; mv -- "${x}" "${needdir}/${fname}";  done' _ {} +

If you use Windows you just need to install Gow and use gfind instead of find, or use cygwin, or find your own solution.

It seems from google that your average bulk rename program does not support creating directories, and I have no patience to find a windows batch/powershell solution (I am terrible at either).

Credits to http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/24141 and good ole trusty http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html

(I am slowly getting the hang of it...)

03-07-2015, 10:25 PM	#7
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Some sort of bulk rename tool might work. EDIT: In linux, what about the following cli solution: Code: find -regex '\./.\.\(azw3r\\|mbp1\)' -exec sh -c 'for x; do ext=${x##.}; needdir="${x%.}.sdr"; fname="${x##/}"; mkdir -p "${needdir}"; mv -- "${x}" "${needdir}/${fname}"; done' _ {} + If you use Windows you just need to install Gow and use gfind instead of find, or use cygwin, or find your own solution. It seems from google that your average bulk rename program does not support creating directories, and I have no patience to find a windows batch/powershell solution (I am terrible at either). Credits to http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/24141 and good ole trusty http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html (I am slowly getting the hang of it...) Last edited by eschwartz; 03-07-2015 at 11:35 PM.