addady
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Rename some of the files in a directory tree
Hi,
I would like to rename on file ending with *.*_old to *.*
It work on the current directory well using:
for a in *_old; do mv "$a" "$(echo "$a" | sed 's/_old//')";
How do I expand it so that it will rename all the file in the subdirectories?
Regards,
Addady
I would like to rename on file ending with *.*_old to *.*
It work on the current directory well using:
for a in *_old; do mv "$a" "$(echo "$a" | sed 's/_old//')";
How do I expand it so that it will rename all the file in the subdirectories?
Regards,
Addady
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ASKER
I'm still have problem with space in file name. the mv command is break :(
Change it to:
find /home/damian/test -iname \*_old`; do mv "$dir" `echo "$dir" | sed -e 's/_old//'`; done
or
find /home/damian/test -iname \*_old`; do mv \"$dir\" `echo \"$dir\" | sed -e 's/_old//'`; done
didn't solve it.
Change it to:
find /home/damian/test -iname \*_old`; do mv "$dir" `echo "$dir" | sed -e 's/_old//'`; done
or
find /home/damian/test -iname \*_old`; do mv \"$dir\" `echo \"$dir\" | sed -e 's/_old//'`; done
didn't solve it.
ASKER
Let me be more spcific:
#find /tmp/ -iname \*.genc__12-24__26-07-2007
/tmp/051008 - Eilat/P1010039.JPG.genc__1
/tmp/051008 - Eilat/P1010037.JPG.genc__1
/tmp/051008 - Eilat/P1010036.JPG.genc__1
The directory name contain space
#for FILE in "`find /tmp/ -iname \*.genc__12-24__26-07-2007
fail because of the space in the directory name.
Please provide example.
Thanks
#find /tmp/ -iname \*.genc__12-24__26-07-2007
/tmp/051008 - Eilat/P1010039.JPG.genc__1
/tmp/051008 - Eilat/P1010037.JPG.genc__1
/tmp/051008 - Eilat/P1010036.JPG.genc__1
The directory name contain space
#for FILE in "`find /tmp/ -iname \*.genc__12-24__26-07-2007
fail because of the space in the directory name.
Please provide example.
Thanks
Hi,
First at the command line type
IFS="
"
Notice after the quotes I hit enter then on that new I added the closing quote now the command
for FILE in "`find /tmp/ -iname \*.genc__12-24__26-07-2007
Should work fine.
First at the command line type
IFS="
"
Notice after the quotes I hit enter then on that new I added the closing quote now the command
for FILE in "`find /tmp/ -iname \*.genc__12-24__26-07-2007
Should work fine.
ASKER
Thank you it works. you hace small syntax errors. Here is the rigth command:
for dir in `find /home/damian/test -iname \*_old`; do mv $dir `echo $dir | sed -e 's/_old//'`; done
Its not work. For example:
#find /tmp -iname \*.html
/tmp/polls.html
/tmp/activejobs.html
/tmp/2del/polls.html
#for dir in `find /tmp -type d -iname \*.html`; do mv $dir `echo $dir | sed -e 's/.html/.html-old/g'`; done