text_combined: greg freemyer tlvognmhkkorgmailcom mon mar 3 2008 653 pm greg freemyer wrote directory several hundred files alphabetical order way need need rename totally different sequence ie currently nnn_mmm_llltif need rename aaa_xxxxtif aaa fixed xxxx sequence specify starting point im write shell script would nice preexisting tool could call mmv close think dont know sequence number thanks greg still hoping better solution bash script came starting point works one time ill tweak reuse binbash sourceorig destrenamed start2076 prefixkgi00 suffixtif mkdir dest ls source sourcelist read source echo cp source destprefixstartsuffix cp sourcetif destprefixstartsuffix startexpr start 1 done sourcelist greg greg freemyer litigation triage solutions specialist httpwwwlinkedincomingregfreemyer first 99 days litigation white paper httpwwwnorcrossgroupcomformswhitepapers9920days20whitepaperpdf norcross group intersection evidence technology httpwwwnorcrossgroupcom fri 08 aug 2008 023442 0500 opensuse need tool like mmv generate sequential names