Cycle in bash - syntax

Question

What is wrong here?

for file in ffn* do;
rename 's/ffn//' ffn*; 
done

There is an error in syntax.

rename deals with multiple files itself. Why would you need the for loop? — Paul_Pedant
– Paul_Pedant, Commented Mar 14, 2020 at 15:42
It would have been no harm to read 'man bash' or 'help for' from the command line. — bey0nd
– bey0nd, Commented Mar 14, 2020 at 17:12

guest · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-14 15:42:16Z

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The semicolon is in the wrong place. Try:

for file in ffn*; do
    rename 's/ffn//' "$file"
done

or, because rename can take many files at once, try:

rename 's/ffn//' ffn*

answered Mar 14, 2020 at 15:42

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