Renaming part of name of all files in a directory tree if match
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I have a directory tree like this
.
|-- players
| |-- red_alice.plr
| |-- red_bob.plr
|-- resources
| |-- red_cash.rsc
| |-- red_food.rsc
I want to go through all directories and rename any file that starts with "red" to instead start with "blue"...
I think it is work of find and sed commands but I am not sure how to formulate this situation...I know for example I can find files by
find . -name "red*" -type f
then how to use this output to rename red to blue?
bash sed files find rename
asked Jan 10 at 11:46
DEKKERDEKKER
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I have a directory tree like this
.
|-- players
| |-- red_alice.plr
| |-- red_bob.plr
|-- resources
| |-- red_cash.rsc
| |-- red_food.rsc
I want to go through all directories and rename any file that starts with "red" to instead start with "blue"...
I think it is work of find and sed commands but I am not sure how to formulate this situation...I know for example I can find files by
find . -name "red*" -type f
then how to use this output to rename red to blue?
bash sed files find rename
asked Jan 10 at 11:46
DEKKERDEKKER
1
Tryfind path_to_dir/ -type f -name 'red_*' -exec sh -c 'for f; do echo mv -- "$f" "$f/red/blue"; done' _ +When satisfied, remove theechopart
– Valentin Bajrami
Jan 10 at 13:21
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I have a directory tree like this
.
|-- players
| |-- red_alice.plr
| |-- red_bob.plr
|-- resources
| |-- red_cash.rsc
| |-- red_food.rsc
I want to go through all directories and rename any file that starts with "red" to instead start with "blue"...
I think it is work of find and sed commands but I am not sure how to formulate this situation...I know for example I can find files by
find . -name "red*" -type f
then how to use this output to rename red to blue?
bash sed files find rename
asked Jan 10 at 11:46
DEKKERDEKKER
1
I have a directory tree like this
.
|-- players
| |-- red_alice.plr
| |-- red_bob.plr
|-- resources
| |-- red_cash.rsc
| |-- red_food.rsc
I want to go through all directories and rename any file that starts with "red" to instead start with "blue"...
I think it is work of find and sed commands but I am not sure how to formulate this situation...I know for example I can find files by
find . -name "red*" -type f
then how to use this output to rename red to blue?
bash sed files find rename
bash sed files find rename
asked Jan 10 at 11:46
DEKKERDEKKER
1
asked Jan 10 at 11:46
DEKKERDEKKER
1
asked Jan 10 at 11:46
DEKKERDEKKER
1
asked Jan 10 at 11:46
DEKKERDEKKER
1
asked Jan 10 at 11:46
DEKKERDEKKER
1
1
Tryfind path_to_dir/ -type f -name 'red_*' -exec sh -c 'for f; do echo mv -- "$f" "$f/red/blue"; done' _ +When satisfied, remove theechopart
– Valentin Bajrami
Jan 10 at 13:21
add a comment |
Tryfind path_to_dir/ -type f -name 'red_*' -exec sh -c 'for f; do echo mv -- "$f" "$f/red/blue"; done' _ +When satisfied, remove theechopart
– Valentin Bajrami
Jan 10 at 13:21
Try
find path_to_dir/ -type f -name 'red_*' -exec sh -c 'for f; do echo mv -- "$f" "$f/red/blue"; done' _ + When satisfied, remove the echo part– Valentin Bajrami
Jan 10 at 13:21
Try
find path_to_dir/ -type f -name 'red_*' -exec sh -c 'for f; do echo mv -- "$f" "$f/red/blue"; done' _ + When satisfied, remove the echo part– Valentin Bajrami
Jan 10 at 13:21
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You can do it with rename command:
find . -type f -name "red*" -exec rename s/red/blue/g "" +;
So it will find the files with name starting with red and then will put all of them in single command like
rename s/red/blue/g red_first red_second
It will search for files in all directories below the current directory.
answered Jan 10 at 13:31
P_YadavP_Yadav
1,82431024
Cool. Didn't knowrename. Also has a option-nto print what would be done instead of doing it.
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:34
Yeah, just verbose kind.
– P_Yadav
Jan 10 at 13:35
This did not change anything and also did not produce any error message..hmmm
– DEKKER
Jan 15 at 9:31
It should work I tried it.
– P_Yadav
Jan 15 at 9:37
@P_Yadav I think the Linux machine I am working on is quite old and this way is not supported
– DEKKER
Jan 21 at 13:36
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Maybe like this:
find . -name "red_*" -exec bash -c 'echo mv "" "$(echo "" | sed "s%/red_%/blue_%" )"' ;
This just prints the commands. Good to check if it would actually work. If you verified that, remove the echo before mv.
answered Jan 10 at 12:00
RalfRalf
3428
hmm I get this error 'find missing argument to -exec''
– DEKKER
Jan 10 at 12:16
Did you also add the;at the end?
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:25
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You can do it with rename command:
find . -type f -name "red*" -exec rename s/red/blue/g "" +;
So it will find the files with name starting with red and then will put all of them in single command like
rename s/red/blue/g red_first red_second
It will search for files in all directories below the current directory.
answered Jan 10 at 13:31
P_YadavP_Yadav
1,82431024
Cool. Didn't knowrename. Also has a option-nto print what would be done instead of doing it.
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:34
Yeah, just verbose kind.
– P_Yadav
Jan 10 at 13:35
This did not change anything and also did not produce any error message..hmmm
– DEKKER
Jan 15 at 9:31
It should work I tried it.
– P_Yadav
Jan 15 at 9:37
@P_Yadav I think the Linux machine I am working on is quite old and this way is not supported
– DEKKER
Jan 21 at 13:36
|
show 1 more comment
You can do it with rename command:
find . -type f -name "red*" -exec rename s/red/blue/g "" +;
So it will find the files with name starting with red and then will put all of them in single command like
rename s/red/blue/g red_first red_second
It will search for files in all directories below the current directory.
answered Jan 10 at 13:31
P_YadavP_Yadav
1,82431024
Cool. Didn't knowrename. Also has a option-nto print what would be done instead of doing it.
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:34
Yeah, just verbose kind.
– P_Yadav
Jan 10 at 13:35
This did not change anything and also did not produce any error message..hmmm
– DEKKER
Jan 15 at 9:31
It should work I tried it.
– P_Yadav
Jan 15 at 9:37
@P_Yadav I think the Linux machine I am working on is quite old and this way is not supported
– DEKKER
Jan 21 at 13:36
|
show 1 more comment
You can do it with rename command:
find . -type f -name "red*" -exec rename s/red/blue/g "" +;
So it will find the files with name starting with red and then will put all of them in single command like
rename s/red/blue/g red_first red_second
It will search for files in all directories below the current directory.
answered Jan 10 at 13:31
P_YadavP_Yadav
1,82431024
You can do it with rename command:
find . -type f -name "red*" -exec rename s/red/blue/g "" +;
So it will find the files with name starting with red and then will put all of them in single command like
rename s/red/blue/g red_first red_second
It will search for files in all directories below the current directory.
answered Jan 10 at 13:31
P_YadavP_Yadav
1,82431024
edited Jan 10 at 13:52
answered Jan 10 at 13:31
P_YadavP_Yadav
1,82431024
answered Jan 10 at 13:31
P_YadavP_Yadav
1,82431024
answered Jan 10 at 13:31
P_YadavP_Yadav
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1,82431024
Cool. Didn't knowrename. Also has a option-nto print what would be done instead of doing it.
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:34
Yeah, just verbose kind.
– P_Yadav
Jan 10 at 13:35
This did not change anything and also did not produce any error message..hmmm
– DEKKER
Jan 15 at 9:31
It should work I tried it.
– P_Yadav
Jan 15 at 9:37
@P_Yadav I think the Linux machine I am working on is quite old and this way is not supported
– DEKKER
Jan 21 at 13:36
|
show 1 more comment
Cool. Didn't knowrename. Also has a option-nto print what would be done instead of doing it.
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:34
Yeah, just verbose kind.
– P_Yadav
Jan 10 at 13:35
This did not change anything and also did not produce any error message..hmmm
– DEKKER
Jan 15 at 9:31
It should work I tried it.
– P_Yadav
Jan 15 at 9:37
@P_Yadav I think the Linux machine I am working on is quite old and this way is not supported
– DEKKER
Jan 21 at 13:36
Cool. Didn't know
rename. Also has a option -n to print what would be done instead of doing it.– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:34
Cool. Didn't know
rename. Also has a option -n to print what would be done instead of doing it.– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:34
Yeah, just verbose kind.
– P_Yadav
Jan 10 at 13:35
Yeah, just verbose kind.
– P_Yadav
Jan 10 at 13:35
This did not change anything and also did not produce any error message..hmmm
– DEKKER
Jan 15 at 9:31
This did not change anything and also did not produce any error message..hmmm
– DEKKER
Jan 15 at 9:31
It should work I tried it.
– P_Yadav
Jan 15 at 9:37
It should work I tried it.
– P_Yadav
Jan 15 at 9:37
@P_Yadav I think the Linux machine I am working on is quite old and this way is not supported
– DEKKER
Jan 21 at 13:36
@P_Yadav I think the Linux machine I am working on is quite old and this way is not supported
– DEKKER
Jan 21 at 13:36
|
show 1 more comment
Maybe like this:
find . -name "red_*" -exec bash -c 'echo mv "" "$(echo "" | sed "s%/red_%/blue_%" )"' ;
This just prints the commands. Good to check if it would actually work. If you verified that, remove the echo before mv.
answered Jan 10 at 12:00
RalfRalf
3428
hmm I get this error 'find missing argument to -exec''
– DEKKER
Jan 10 at 12:16
Did you also add the;at the end?
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:25
add a comment |
Maybe like this:
find . -name "red_*" -exec bash -c 'echo mv "" "$(echo "" | sed "s%/red_%/blue_%" )"' ;
This just prints the commands. Good to check if it would actually work. If you verified that, remove the echo before mv.
answered Jan 10 at 12:00
RalfRalf
3428
hmm I get this error 'find missing argument to -exec''
– DEKKER
Jan 10 at 12:16
Did you also add the;at the end?
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:25
add a comment |
Maybe like this:
find . -name "red_*" -exec bash -c 'echo mv "" "$(echo "" | sed "s%/red_%/blue_%" )"' ;
This just prints the commands. Good to check if it would actually work. If you verified that, remove the echo before mv.
answered Jan 10 at 12:00
RalfRalf
3428
Maybe like this:
find . -name "red_*" -exec bash -c 'echo mv "" "$(echo "" | sed "s%/red_%/blue_%" )"' ;
This just prints the commands. Good to check if it would actually work. If you verified that, remove the echo before mv.
answered Jan 10 at 12:00
RalfRalf
3428
answered Jan 10 at 12:00
RalfRalf
3428
answered Jan 10 at 12:00
RalfRalf
3428
answered Jan 10 at 12:00
RalfRalf
3428
3428
hmm I get this error 'find missing argument to -exec''
– DEKKER
Jan 10 at 12:16
Did you also add the;at the end?
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:25
add a comment |
hmm I get this error 'find missing argument to -exec''
– DEKKER
Jan 10 at 12:16
Did you also add the;at the end?
– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:25
hmm I get this error 'find missing argument to -exec''
– DEKKER
Jan 10 at 12:16
hmm I get this error 'find missing argument to -exec''
– DEKKER
Jan 10 at 12:16
Did you also add the
; at the end?– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:25
Did you also add the
; at the end?– Ralf
Jan 10 at 13:25
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find path_to_dir/ -type f -name 'red_*' -exec sh -c 'for f; do echo mv -- "$f" "$f/red/blue"; done' _ +When satisfied, remove theechopart– Valentin Bajrami
Jan 10 at 13:21