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Tim wrote:
> I think I can work out how to handle a batch of files to add
> consistent text, now. But I haven't worked out how I could extract
> "256" from a filename like "img_0256.jpg", yet. The filenames are
> all the same length, so there's got to be some tool that'll let me
> strip characters 7, 8 & 9 out of the name.
Here are two ways that could be done.
num=`expr "img_0256.jpg" : "img_0\([0-9]*\).jpg"`
or
num=`echo "img_0256.jpg" | cut -c6-8`
Put into a for or while loop and season to taste. :)
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