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i have following files:

# ls -1 *.mp3
megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 01 - last rites-loved death.mp3
megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 02 - killing business...and business good.mp3
megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 03 - skull beneath skin.mp3
megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 04 - these boots.mp3
megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 05 - rattlehead.mp3
megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 06 - chosen ones.mp3
megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 07 - looking down cross.mp3
megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 08 - mechanix.mp3


i want rename to:

01 - last rites-loved death.mp3
02 - killing business...and business good.mp3
03 - skull beneath skin.mp3
04 - these boots.mp3
05 - rattlehead.mp3
06 - chosen ones.mp3
07 - looking down cross.mp3
08 - mechanix.mp3


queastion how ???

here rnd far:


# ls -1 *.mp3 | sed "s/"megadeth\ -\ killing\ is\ my\ business\.\.\.and\ business\ is\ good\!\ -\ "/ /g"
01 - last rites-loved death.mp3
02 - killing business...and business good.mp3
03 - skull beneath skin.mp3
04 - these boots.mp3
05 - rattlehead.mp3
06 - chosen ones.mp3
07 - looking down cross.mp3
08 - mechanix.mp3


so give me output want on console...so need have him rename files...this tried:

# ls -1 *.mp3| sed "s/\("megadeth\ -\ killing\ is\ my\ business\.\.\.and\ business\ is\ good\!\ -\ "\)\(.*\)/mv & \2/g"
mv megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 01 - last rites-loved death.mp3 01 - last rites-loved death.mp3
mv megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 02 - killing business...and business good.mp3 02 - killing business...and business good.mp3
mv megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 03 - skull beneath skin.mp3 03 - skull beneath skin.mp3
mv megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 04 - these boots.mp3 04 - these boots.mp3
mv megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 05 - rattlehead.mp3 05 - rattlehead.mp3
mv megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 06 - chosen ones.mp3 06 - chosen ones.mp3
mv megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 07 - looking down cross.mp3 07 - looking down cross.mp3
mv megadeth - killing business...and business good! - 08 - mechanix.mp3 08 - mechanix.mp3

so show can run "mv" , reame files way want. but...there lots of spaces in each file, , hence when append "|sh" above command have him rename files, "mv" command failing.


suggestions please.
btw, tried exploring perl "rename" command, not understand it's regex.

thnx.

..i used pyrenamer.

http://www.infinicode.org/code/pyrenamer/


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