macOS Alter file name

[dukebound85]

How would one go about changing

v_2011-07-21.grib 2

to

v_2011-07-21.grib


I have thousands of files this way and hard time manipulating them in NCL as *.grib will not process the files with the 2

Thanks for any help!

 

[chown33]

I don't know what NCL is.


This shell pattern:

*.grib*

will match filenames with or without a trailing " 2".

It will also match other filenames, such as:

Dale.gribble.txt

To change a bunch of filenames, you should first identify what a safe new filename is. Is simply stripping the " 2" safe?

Automator.app has a number of file-renaming capabilities. Start there.

Then you might look into two utilities: A Better Finder Rename, and NameChanger. There are others, google search terms: mac os x batch file rename

 

[sero]

How would one go about changing

v_2011-07-21.grib 2

to

v_2011-07-21.grib

sed s/\ 2$//g