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. > Take a look at the cut command. As an example, look at: echo 12345678 | cut -b3-5 The output will be 345. (bytes 3 through 5) If you did: echo abcdefgh | cut -b4-8 you would get defg as your output. Or in a script: for i in *.jpg ; do number=$(echo $i | cut -b7-9) echo $number done Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
