Script to change file names needed

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I am hoping to find some help here as I am not a script developer, but I think I need one. I have an application (web cam) that creates a file every 10 minutes and the fle is created like "WebCam-01122010-201010001.jpg". What I would like to do is have a script (service) that will detect when this file is created and rename it to webcam.jpg in the same folder or different one. This is completely a new area for me so any and all help would be greatly appreicated. Also the file has been FTP'ed to a linux based hosting web server.
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Dave

Posted 12-Jan-10 15:50pm

David Meacham

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Do not advertise for people to do work for you using quick answers. There's a forum here for that.

Posted 13-Jan-10 2:26am

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HimanshuJoshi · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-12T19:53:00

If you want to learn bash scripting in linux read the following book.
Advanced Bash scripting guide[^]

After that you need to do following steps
1. Monitor the directory for any file addition. You can do it with "ls" command and its options
2. To rename file use "mv Original_name_of_file New_name_of_file"

If you don't want to learn scripting and just want the script, search it on google or hire somebody who will do it for you.