Renaming many files

How would I rename many files (over 100 total) in a directory using
a UNIX command or script.
Example of my files:
file1.word.1.word
file2,word,2
file3 word.3
I want them to be named:
File1_word_1_word
File2_word_2
File3_word_3
My goal is to get rid of blanks,commas and periods and replace with underline bars for each file name.

Hi:
I had a lot of fun wrting this script. Hope you find it useful.
Copy the following to a file name
#!/bin/csh
if(-d $1) then
cd $1
foreach i (*)
set ii = `echo $i | sed s/\\\./_/g | sed s/\,/_/g | sed s/\ /_/g`
mv "$i" $ii
end
else
echo "USAGE: $0 directory"
endif
give permission to execute. Run it with the directory name as an argument. May be you can refine it further.
It was fun! hope it helped.
Angelo
Sun Developer Support.

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Look at this shareware. http://www.jonn8.com/ntf/ It's a batch renaming app, but I'm not sure it will do exactly what you want. However, it does have a 7 day free trial.
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Hi Reddy, thank you for your answer
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I need to ask you if you think that when you know the date of the file and the infopackage pick each file... thi can work for many files??... or how it's possible control this process?
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****Or
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I call it is F1 and F2 folders.
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To I get BW_LOAD_20090120.txt file in F1, then I renamed to BW_LOAD.txt and loaded into BW, then tomorrow I get BW_LOAD_20090125.txt in F1, then I renamed to BW_LOAD.txt....
so in this way it will work.You need to schedule the Ubix script in AL11.
This is the way how to handle the application server...I'm using the same logic.
Thank you soo much.
Al

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I work for a company that has thousands of E-tickets coming in daily, weekly, monthly, etc..
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I'm trying to understand how iPhoto is working. It seems that when I import a photo from my camera, it goes to a folder in "iphoto library"/originals/2007/album name/photoname (in my case, the file name is DSC02447). However, if I make any changes to that file within iPhoto (red eye, color, etc) it will create ANOTHER file in "iphoto library"/MODIFIED/2007/albumname/photoname. So, does that mean it's essentially duplicating my images?
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When you want to post a block of code, you can enclose it with the mark ups { code }
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