Renaming Multiple Folders on Server

Yes this can be done via cron

my crontab -l :
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.19956 installed on Fri Aug 20 21:57:23 2004)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $)
* * * * * export MPATH=/your/path/where/the/dirs/are; mv $MPATH/5 $MPATH/t; for i in 4 3 2 1; do mv $MPATH/$i $MPATH/$(( i + 1 )); done; mv $MPATH/t $MPATH/1

to edit your contab use

crontab -e

# add to crontab
0 0,12 * * * /bin/awk 'BEGIN{for(i=5;i>0;i--){print "mv "i" "i+1}print "mv 6 1"}'|/bin/sh

hernst42,

I keep getting the error

mv: can't stat source /public_html/zdetcom/includes/6
mv: can't stat source /public_html/zdetcom/includes/5
mv: can't stat source /public_html/zdetcom/includes/4
mv: can't stat source /public_html/zdetcom/includes/3
mv: can't stat source /public_html/zdetcom/includes/2
mv: can't stat source /public_html/zdetcom/includes/1
mv: can't stat source /public_html/zdetcom/includes/t

What can I do to correct that? Thanks

ahoffmann,

where in your line of code do I put the path to my directory? the path being public_html/zdetcom/includes/

Thanks

0 0,12 * * * cd /public_html/zdetcom/includes/ && /bin/awk 'BEGIN{for(i=5;i>0;i--){print "mv "i" "i+1}print "mv 6 1"}'|/bin/sh

aha, path guessing was part of the question ...

Actually I tried both yours and hernst42s response.

I ended up with an additional error with yours so I awarded the points to hernst42.

/bin/sh: line 1: 0: command not found

Sorry. I appreciate the help but I can only accept one comment as the answer.

thanks for explanation.
It's ok to grade the working solution ;-)