Renaming files from a list using a shell script

Question

I would like to rename files from a list. This is the file format:

Original name

New name

000000000000402a.ogg
Dth_BrkNck_FOD_MALE_MALE_001
000000000000402c.ogg
Dth_BrkNck_FOD_MALE_MALE_002
000000000000402e.ogg
Dth_BrkNck_FOD_MALE_MALE_003
0000000000004030.ogg
Dth_BrkNck_FOD_MALE_MALE_004

I'm kinda new to shell scripts, so any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

Forget about the shell or scripting for a while - how would *you* go about doing it, if you were to do it by hand? Once you have a plan ready, then it's all about scripting to that plan *SCNR* :-) — S.R.I, Dec 05 '17 at 09:59
That said, did you take a look at [this SO question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1086502/rename-multiple-files-in-unix)? — S.R.I, Dec 05 '17 at 10:02
Possible duplicate of [Rename multiple files in Unix](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1086502/rename-multiple-files-in-unix) — S.R.I, Dec 05 '17 at 10:02
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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '17 at 13:12

Seems like there is not direct connection b/w Original file name and New file name, To rename a file,

mv OriginalName NewName

one way is to repeat the step for multiple files, ( we can create all commands in a notepad and paste it altogether) or we can put it in a shell script , say renamer.sh as below and execute it,

cat renamer.sh
mv 000000000000402a.ogg Dth_BrkNck_FOD_MALE_MALE_001
mv 000000000000402c.ogg Dth_BrkNck_FOD_MALE_MALE_002
mv 000000000000402e.ogg Dth_BrkNck_FOD_MALE_MALE_003
mv 0000000000004030.ogg Dth_BrkNck_FOD_MALE_MALE_004

to execute :- sh renamer.sh

Renaming files from a list using a shell script

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