[brlug-general] Recursive batch rename

[Ronnie Gilkey]

Joe,

I would try something along these lines -- for example if I needed to 
make a backup of all my .pl files:

find /perldir -type f -name "*.pl" -exec cp '{}' '{}.bak' \;

This will copy all files in that directory and the subdirectory for you.

Ronnie Gilkey
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Alvaro Zuniga wrote:
> Joe,
>
> for i in $(find . -type f); do mv $i $i.old; done;
>
> This should work from the command line. I also learned from a previous post 
> about the rename command. This line however, should be the basis for many 
> future scripts.
>
> Needless to say, be extremely careful, I am afraid I know the destructive 
> powers of this line first hand. It all happened a few years ago; I forgot to 
> be careful. My therapist says that I must learn to let go.
>
> Alvaro Zuniga
>
> On Tuesday 13 May 2008 08:58:08 Joe Fruchey wrote:
>   
>> This is a silly script question, but I've never done much scripting,
>> so help me out here.
>>
>> I have this simple renaming script, say
>>
>> for i in $(ls); do (mv $i $i.old); done
>>
>> How do I make this thing run in all subdirectories? I'm guessing I
>> have to define it as a function and have a script traverse the
>> directories, but I don't know how.
>>
>> Help?
>>
>> -Joe
>>
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