I wish to remove the middle of filenames that look like the following:
Wm-no-Bis.GAGATTCC-ATAGAGGC.L001.R1.001.fastq.trim.R2.fastq
Pek-no-Bis.GAGATTCC-AGGCGAAG.L001.R1.001.fastq.trim.R1.fastq
To Get
Wm-no-Bis.trim.R2.fastq
Pek-no-Bis.trim.R1.fastq
As you can see the beginning and end of the files are slightly variable. I have attempted to use rename as follows:
rename 's/.*.*.*.*.*.trim.//g'
Wm-no-Bis.GAGATTCC-ATAGAGGC.L001.R1.001.fastq.trim.R2copy.fastq
This removes the entire file name except for the end. The issue is obviously my lack of understanding how to use wildcards.