Rename and replace parts with different filenames

Question

I know there are different questions about this topic but I have found nothing that fits my question:

I want to replace a part of a name in a folder but there are different files with different names. Only a part of them should be replaced:

This files should be change from sst_... to sstk_... but in the same folder are other different files like:

sst_20170420_3h.nc
sst_20170421_3h.nc
sst_20170422_3h.nc
sst_20170423_3h.nc
blh_20170420_3h.nc
blh_20170420_3h.nc
.
.
.

the length is different for every folder...

Can someone help me?

There seem to be several file rename tools for ubuntu and also script examples for operations like this. Have you checked any of them? — marsh-wiggle, Nov 23 '18 at 16:51

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 23 '18 at 16:42

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cd yourdirectory
for i in $(ls -1); do mv $i $(echo $i | sed 's/sst/sstk/') ; done

answered Nov 23 '18 at 16:42

Dmitriy Kupch

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