How to mass rename files in ruby

Question

I have been trying to work out a file rename program based on ruby, as a programming exercise for myself (I am aware of rename under linux, but I want to learn Ruby, and rename

Answer 1

I made a small script to rename the entire DBZ serie by seasons and implement this:

count = 1
new_name = "Dragon Ball Z S05E"
format_file = ".mkv"
Dir.glob("dragon ball Z*").each do |old_name|
  File.rename(old_name, new_name + count.to_s + format_file)
  count += 1
end

The result would be: Dragon Ball Z S05E1 Dragon Ball Z S05E2 Dragon Ball Z S05E3