Rename multiple files by substituting specific characters

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

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

files = dir('*.csv');
[~,ii] = sort(cellfun(@(x)sscanf(x,'file.%d.csv'),{files.name}));
file_sorted = files(ii);

[EK]

Works awesome, Thank you Andrei