Rename multiple files by substituting specific characters
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Hi all,
i have multiple .csv files, ordered and named following this scheme:
file.0.csv, file.1.csv, file.2.csv, etc.
i do have a problem while using:
files = dir('*.csv');
if I give the command:
files.name
I get this wrong order:
file.0.csv, file.1.csv, file.10.csv, file.100.csv, file.101.csv, etc.
I suppose the problem is the dot after "file", so I'd like to rename all files by substituting the dots with something else (underscore for example) to fix the issue.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks in advance
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Andrei Bobrov
on 6 Dec 2013
files = dir('*.csv');
[~,ii] = sort(cellfun(@(x)sscanf(x,'file.%d.csv'),{files.name}));
file_sorted = files(ii);
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