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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Rename folder Post 302853621 by mhs on Sunday 15th of September 2013 01:48:37 PM
Old 09-15-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Why is mv not useful?
Code:
mkdir "p1( 15 -16 )"
mv "p1( 15 -16 )" "p1(14.50 - 15.50)"
ls -d p*
p1(14.50 - 15.50)/

works!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! useful ??? Smilie)

first of all , directories created before and now i want to rename all of them !!
u just use simple mv to rename one directory !! how about 1000 directories with different number ????

why we use shell script . your work is like that to rename all directories manually !!!!!

i want to write shell script to grep for example 17 in all file names and change all of them to 16.50 and like that !!!
 

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mvdir(1)						      General Commands Manual							  mvdir(1)

NAME
mvdir - Moves (renames) a directory SYNOPSIS
mvdir directory1 directory2 DESCRIPTION
The mvdir command renames directories within a file system. To use mvdir, you must have write permission to directory1 and directory2 and to the parent directories of directory1 and directory2. The directory1 argument must name an existing directory. If directory2 does not exist, directory1 is moved to directory2. If directory2 exists, directory1 becomes a subdirectory of directory2. directory2 cannot be a subdirectory of directory1. Directories cannot be moved across file systems. You can also rename a directory with the mv command. NOTES
This command was made obsolete by the mv command. EXAMPLES
To rename or move a directory to another location, enter: mvdir appendixes manual If manual does not exist, then this renames the directory appendixes to manual. If a directory named manual already exists, this moves appendixes and its contents to manual/appendixes. In other words, appendixes becomes a subdirectory of manual. SEE ALSO
Commands: mkdir(1), mv(1) Functions: rename(2) mvdir(1)
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