How to remove a specific string from file name

Question

I have a report running in UNIX and creating a file named xxxx_ddmmyy_hhmm_zzzzzz.txt. I need to remove the zzzzzz from the file name.

How do I do it?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '14 at 12:42

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use mv comand like this :

mv old-file-name  new-file-name

in this case :

mv xxxx_ddmmyy_hhmm_zzzzzz.txt xxxx_ddmmyy_hhmm.txt.

To make mv interactive pass the -i option. This option will prompt before overwriting file:

mv -i file1 file2

Sample outputs: mv: overwrite 'file2'? y

answered Sep 11 '14 at 12:42

Mazdak

Thank you. But ddmmyy and hhmm are parameters of date and time and i do not know them. The only thing i know for sure is the zzzzzz which i need to remove. – Alexander Sep 11 '14 at 12:50
so you must use a shell command ! – Mazdak Sep 11 '14 at 13:07

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