<p>Just execute the following immediately above the directories of interest, (<strong>post edited</strong> to include OPs &quot;constant term&quot;)</p>
<pre><code>for d in *; do 
  mv &quot;<span class="math-container">$d"/ragtag.scaffold.fasta 
 "$</span>d/${d/000mergedCluster_/}_ragtag.scaffold.fasta&quot;;
done
</code></pre>
<p>The key thing I assumed is that the directory name comprises a &quot;constant term&quot; and is suffixed by a &quot;variable term&quot;.</p>
<p>Just to note the <code>$d</code> here is directory not file name - because that is constant in each directory.</p>
<hr />
<p>Comments...</p>
<pre><code><span class="math-container">$d/$</span>{d/000mergedCluster_/}
</code></pre>
<p>The key part of the code is above.</p>
<p>What its doing is saying from the variable <code>$d</code> delete the term <code>000mergedCluster_</code> (or whatever the &quot;constant term&quot; is)</p>

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Thank you this works great! Only thing is that it includes the "constant term" in the new renamed file...is there a way to change it so only the "variable term" (whats after the _ in the original file name) is added to the file name?
rimo
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@rimo What is your "constant term" in the directory name?
M__
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The whole name is something like "000mergedCluster_1234" so the constant term is "000mergedCluster_" and the variable term is "1234"
rimo
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@rimo Can you try it now? If you copy and pasted the edited code that should work
M__
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She's perfect! Sorry that was silly of me but I completely understand what this command is doing now. Thank you so much for your help!! This works great!
rimo
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The asterisk wildcard by itself will match all files and directories (except dot files/folders). There's no guarantee that `$d` is actually a directory. Better to use a more specific pattern, for example: `for d in 000mergedCluster_*`.
Steve
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@Steve agreed. That should have been updated, but at the time the directory name was not known, however `for d in *_*` would have been better.
M__
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M__
<p>Assuming the output is only a list of directories and each directory includes a file called &quot;ragtag.scaffold.fasta&quot;, you could use <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Brace-Expansion.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">brace expansion</a> to generate the SOURCE and DEST strings:</p>
<pre><code>for i in directoryName_* ; do
    echo mv &quot;${i}&quot;/{,&quot;${i#directoryName_}&quot;_}ragtag.scaffold.fasta
done
</code></pre>
<p>But the above will only work using Bash and Zsh, and maybe some other shells. Without Bash/Zsh, just use:</p>
<pre><code>fasta=&quot;ragtag.scaffold.fasta&quot;
for i in directoryName_* ; do
    echo mv &quot;${i}/${fasta}&quot; &quot;${i}/${i#directoryName_}_${fasta}&quot;
done
</code></pre>
<p>Remove the <code>echo</code> to perform the rename.</p>

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Steve
<p>If you want to use Perl:</p>
<pre class="lang-pl prettyprint-override"><code>#!/usr/bin/perl
use 5.030;
use warnings;

use File::Find::Rule qw( );

for my <span class="math-container">$file (File::Find::Rule-&gt;name("ragtag.scaffold.fasta")-&gt;in(".")){
  my $newfile = $file;
  $newfile =~ s{(.+_(\d+)/)(.+.fasta)}{$1$2_$</span>3};

  if (-e <span class="math-container">$newfile) {
    warn "can't rename $file to $newfile: $newfile exists\n";
  }elsif (rename $</span>file, <span class="math-container">$newfile) {
    # do nothing
  }else{
    warn "rename $file to $newfile failed: $</span>!\n&quot;;
  }
}
</code></pre>

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Supertech
<p>Perl one-liner:</p>
<pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>ls */filename | perl -lane 'print &quot;mv $1/$3 $1/$2_$3&quot; if /(\S+_([^\/_\s]+))\/(\S+)/'
</code></pre>

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user172818
<p>I have a lot of FASTA files that I recently scaffolded with RagTag. The output of RagTag includes a directory for each sample and the corresponding FASTA file written as &quot;ragtag.scaffold.fasta&quot;</p>
<p>I would like to go through each file and rename it like so:</p>
<pre><code>Original Path with File name:
directoryName_ID/ragtag.scaffold.fasta

Changed File name:
directoryName_ID/ID_ragtag.scaffold.fasta
</code></pre>
<p>As you can see, the directory name includes the ID number I would like to use to rename the fasta file with (along with an underscore to space it out). Is there a way to loop through all of the directories, using that last number after the &quot;_&quot; in the directory name and to use that to rename my fasta file?</p>
<p>Here is what I have tried so far:</p>
<pre><code>for filename in ./directory*/ragtag.scaffold.fasta; do 
    mv filename ${./directory%*_*}_ragtag.scaffold.fasta; 
done
</code></pre>
<p>It doesn't work at all but I know I need to use mv to rename the filename. However, when it comes to referencing the directory name the file is located in I get lost. I also have a .txt file that contains a list of IDs if that might be easier to reference. I'm still kinda new to the command line so if anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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What operating system are you running on?
gringer
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How to rename a file based on a directory name?
# How to rename a file based on a directory name?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-17)

I have a lot of FASTA files that I recently scaffolded with RagTag. The output of RagTag includes a directory for each sample and the corresponding FASTA file written as "ragtag.scaffold.fasta"
I would like to go through each file and rename it like so:
Original Path with File name:
directoryName_ID/ragtag.scaffold.fasta

Changed File name:
directoryName_ID/ID_ragtag.scaffold.fasta

As you can see, the directory name includes the ID number I would like to use to rename the fasta file with (along with an underscore to space it out). Is there a way to loop through all of the directories, using that last number after the "_" in the directory name and to use that to rename my fasta file?
Here is what I have tried so far:
for filename in ./directory*/ragtag.scaffold.fasta; do 
    mv filename ${./directory%*_*}_ragtag.scaffold.fasta; 
done

It doesn't work at all but I know I need to use mv to rename the filename. However, when it comes to referencing the directory name the file is located in I get lost. I also have a .txt file that contains a list of IDs if that might be easier to reference. I'm still kinda new to the command line so if anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated!

**Tags:** fasta, bash, command-line, ragtag, for-loop
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What operating system are you running on?  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-01-17. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Just execute the following immediately above the directories of interest, (post edited to include OPs "constant term")
for d in *; do 
  mv "$d"/ragtag.scaffold.fasta 
 "$d/${d/000mergedCluster_/}_ragtag.scaffold.fasta";
done

The key thing I assumed is that the directory name comprises a "constant term" and is suffixed by a "variable term".
Just to note the $d here is directory not file name - because that is constant in each directory.

Comments...
$d/${d/000mergedCluster_/}

The key part of the code is above.
What its doing is saying from the variable $d delete the term 000mergedCluster_ (or whatever the "constant term" is)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you this works great! Only thing is that it includes the "constant term" in the new renamed file...is there a way to change it so only the "variable term" (whats after the _ in the original file name) is added to the file name?  
> **username_2**: @rimo What is your "constant term" in the directory name?  
> **username_0**: The whole name is something like "000mergedCluster_1234" so the constant term is "000mergedCluster_" and the variable term is "1234"  
> **username_2**: @rimo Can you try it now? If you copy and pasted the edited code that should work  
> **username_0**: She's perfect! Sorry that was silly of me but I completely understand what this command is doing now. Thank you so much for your help!! This works great!  
> **username_3**: The asterisk wildcard by itself will match all files and directories (except dot files/folders). There's no guarantee that `$d` is actually a directory. Better to use a more specific pattern, for example: `for d in 000mergedCluster_*`.  
> **username_2**: @Steve agreed. That should have been updated, but at the time the directory name was not known, however `for d in *_*` would have been better.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-01-18. Score: 3

Assuming the output is only a list of directories and each directory includes a file called "ragtag.scaffold.fasta", you could use brace expansion to generate the SOURCE and DEST strings:
for i in directoryName_* ; do
    echo mv "${i}"/{,"${i#directoryName_}"_}ragtag.scaffold.fasta
done

But the above will only work using Bash and Zsh, and maybe some other shells. Without Bash/Zsh, just use:
fasta="ragtag.scaffold.fasta"
for i in directoryName_* ; do
    echo mv "${i}/${fasta}" "${i}/${i#directoryName_}_${fasta}"
done

Remove the echo to perform the rename.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2023-01-19. Score: 1

If you want to use Perl:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use 5.030;
use warnings;

use File::Find::Rule qw( );

for my $file (File::Find::Rule->name("ragtag.scaffold.fasta")->in(".")){
  my $newfile = $file;
  $newfile =~ s{(.+_(\d+)/)(.+.fasta)}{$1$2_$3};

  if (-e $newfile) {
    warn "can't rename $file to $newfile: $newfile exists\n";
  }elsif (rename $file, $newfile) {
    # do nothing
  }else{
    warn "rename $file to $newfile failed: $!\n";
  }
}


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### Answer by username_5 on 2023-01-21. Score: 1

Perl one-liner:
ls */filename | perl -lane 'print "mv $1/$3 $1/$2_$3" if /(\S+_([^\/_\s]+))\/(\S+)/'


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