DESCRIPTION
g.rename.many renames multiple maps at once using
g.rename module.
Old and new names are read from a text file.
The file format is a simple CSV (comma separated values) format
with no text delimiter (e.g. no quotes around cell content).
Comma is a default cell delimiter but it can be changed to anything.
Possible use cases include:
-
renaming maps named in a certain language to English
when data were obtained at national level but the futher
collaboration is international
-
renaming provided sample maps with English names to
a national language for educational purposes in case
English is not appropriate
-
preparation of a
GRASS GIS Standardized Sample Dataset which requires
a certain set of standardized names
EXAMPLE
Renaming rasters
First prepare a file with names of raster maps to be renamed.
The file can be prepared in spreadsheet application
(and saved as CSV with cell delimiter comma and no text delimiter)
or as a text file in any (plain) text editor.
In any case, the result should be a plain text file with format and
content similar to the following sample:
landuse96_28m,landuse
geology_30m,geology
soilsID,soils
g.rename.many raster=raster_names.csv
This example worked only with raster maps. However multiple files, one
for each map type, can be used at once.
Creating a file with current names
A template for renaming can be prepared using
g.list module,
for example in command line (bash syntax):
g.list type=raster mapset=. sep=",
" > raster_names.csv
Note that we are using only maps in a current Mapset because these
are the only ones we can rename.
With some further processing file template can be made more complete
by including map names twice (bash syntax):
g.list type=raster mapset=. | sed -e "s/\(.*\)/\1,\1/g" > raster_names.csv
SEE ALSO
g.rename,
g.list
AUTHOR
Vaclav Petras, NCSU OSGeoREL
Last changed: $Date$