Comments on: How to recursively rename directories using a regexp http://thibauld.com/2009/02/how-to-recursively-rename-directories-using-a-regexp/ - Imagination and Execution - Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pierrick LE GALL http://thibauld.com/2009/02/how-to-recursively-rename-directories-using-a-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Pierrick LE GALL Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:33:30 +0000 http://thibauld.com/?p=158#comment-127 I do prefer using Perl for this kind of small task: find . -type d -name "*-test" | sort -r | perl -ne 'chomp; $on=$_; $nn=$_; $nn =~ s/-test$//; print "mv $on $nn\n"' | bash The advantage is that you can prepare the commands to execute and once it's OK, you add the " | bash" at the end of the command. Warning: don't forget to add the "sort -r" because if you have nested "*-test" directories, it will first move the nested directories. thibs.orig thibs.orig/b thibs.orig/b/ba thibs.orig/b/ba/baa thibs.orig/b/ba/bab-test thibs.orig/a-test thibs.orig/a-test/aa thibs.orig/a-test/aa/aaa-test thibs thibs/a thibs/a/aa thibs/a/aa/aaa thibs/b thibs/b/ba thibs/b/ba/baa thibs/b/ba/bab I do prefer using Perl for this kind of small task:

find . -type d -name “*-test” | sort -r | perl -ne ‘chomp; $on=$_; $nn=$_; $nn =~ s/-test$//; print “mv $on $nn\n”‘ | bash

The advantage is that you can prepare the commands to execute and once it’s OK, you add the ” | bash” at the end of the command.

Warning: don’t forget to add the “sort -r” because if you have nested “*-test” directories, it will first move the nested directories.

thibs.orig
thibs.orig/b
thibs.orig/b/ba
thibs.orig/b/ba/baa
thibs.orig/b/ba/bab-test
thibs.orig/a-test
thibs.orig/a-test/aa
thibs.orig/a-test/aa/aaa-test

thibs
thibs/a
thibs/a/aa
thibs/a/aa/aaa
thibs/b
thibs/b/ba
thibs/b/ba/baa
thibs/b/ba/bab

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