rename files names in a directory based on list of names
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I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but here is one example of unix command:
If you have a file "names.tab" with old and new names in tabulated format like that:
oldName1 NewName1
oldName2 NewName2
In the directory where you have the files you type:
IFS=$'\n'; for i in $(cat names.tab);do oldName=$(echo $i | cut -d $'\t' -f1); newName=$(echo $i | cut -d $'\t' -f2); mv $oldName $newName;done
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Hello Manoj!
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not related to bioinformatics. Just a basic linux Q
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There is a unix program called "rename" that will help. Type
man renamefor details.