How to change end of filename

Question

I am using Mac Terminal and I need to delete end of filename.

Example of filename : 1516092009.M432844P7000.camel5,S=14022,W=14295/2,

I need to delete the end /2, and I tried command:

rename 's/\/2,//g' * which I think should work but don't. Not all of files in folder have this end.

Any ideas? Thank you

This is not a valid filename. 1516092009.M432844P7000.camel5,S=14022,W=14295 is a directory and 2, is the file. — jesse_b
– jesse_b, Commented Aug 12, 2020 at 13:11
Please show partial output of ls -alp for some of these files. — jesse_b
– jesse_b, Commented Aug 12, 2020 at 13:37
If you see a file ending /2, in the Finder browser, it will end in :2, when viewed in Terminal. cf apple.stackexchange.com/questions/173529/…. If you want to rename in the command line, you'll need to use the filename as visible in shell. — user4556274
– user4556274, Commented Aug 12, 2020 at 13:38
@DominikNovák Please show what the filenames are when viewed in the terminal, e.g. by updating the question and adding the output of ls -d for one of the files. Jesse is totally correct in saying that a filename can't contain a / character, not on any Unix system. If you see a / in a filename, then that is the result of decoding some other combination of characters in a particular application, as user4556274 suggests. — Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦, Commented Aug 12, 2020 at 16:39

Natsfan · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-13 16:02:05Z

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Why don't you list the file in the Finder and just delete the last 2 characters from there. You can select the filename and then change the name.

answered Aug 13, 2020 at 16:02

Natsfan

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