Rename multiple mp3 files using track number from old name

Question

I wanted to organize my mp3 files and rename them using the pattern track##.mp3 where ## is track number.

I need a regular expression that selects the track number, which is the first two characters in the old name.

Example:

01 - Album Artist - track name.mp3

and output should be

track01.mp3

How do I do this? I am trying some find with sed command or just plane rename, but I am not successful. Regular expression is too complicated for me.

or use a tool.. https://www.advancedrenamer.com/ or some other one, this one showed up as second from goolge — lordkain, Mar 22 '16 at 13:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 22 '16 at 13:56

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If you don't have the Perl-style rename, you can use

for fname in *.mp3; do mv "$fname" "track${fname:0:2}.mp3"; done

This uses mv and parameter expansion to extract the first two characters.

answered Mar 22 '16 at 13:56

Benjamin W.

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