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# 1  
Old 09-15-2013
Rename folder
hi guys

i have a group of directory like these

Code:
p1( 15 - 16 )
p2( 17 -15 ) 
p1 ( 14 - 20 )
p2 ( 13 -17 )
..
.
.

directories contain numbers represent time
i want to rename all directories and change all numbers in directories' name .
for example
Code:
p1( 15 -16 ) will change to p1(14.40 - 15.50 )
p2( 17 -15 ) to p2( 16.50 - 14.50 )
p1 ( 14 -20 ) to p1( 13.50 - 19.50 )

and .....

what is the best way to do that???
Last edited by Scott; 09-15-2013 at 03:44 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 2  
Old 09-15-2013
That spec is a bit vague. Where do you get the times from? Is it always 10 min to the full hour? Try the mv command.
# 3  
Old 09-15-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
That spec is a bit vague. Where do you get the times from? Is it always 10 min to the full hour? Try the mv command.
named are fixed

for example
i have 100 directories like those
Code:
p1( 18 - 20 ) 
p3( 17 - 18 )
p1( 21 -23 )

and i want to rename those folder like that
Code:
p1( 18 - 20 ) to p1 ( 17.50 - 19.50 )
p3( 17 - 18 ) to p3( 16.50  - 17.50 )
p1( 21 -23 ) to p1( 20.50  -22.50 )

the only thing must be change is number is directories name !

how can i do that !! mv is not useful
Last edited by Scott; 09-15-2013 at 03:45 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 4  
Old 09-15-2013
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!
# 5  
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 !!!
# 6  
Old 09-15-2013
@mhs: Please do not leave people guessing. Show a representative sample of input, desired output, attempts at a solution and specify what OS and versions being used.
# 7  
Old 09-15-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
@mhs: Please do not leave people guessing. Show a representative sample of input, desired output, attempts at a solution and specify what OS and versions being used.
input directories
Code:
p8( 18.30 - 19 )
p1( 12 - 14 )
p4( 18  - 21 )
p1( 16 - 18 )
p2( 14  - 18 )
p1( 20 - 22 )
p1( 10 - 12 )
p3( 17  - 19 )
p2( 7.30 - 8 )
p4 ( 6.30 - 7.30 )
.
.
.
.

output directories
Code:
p8( 18.20 - 18.50 )
p1( 11.50 - 13.50 )
p4( 17.50  - 20.50 )
p1( 15.50 - 17.50 )
p2( 13.50  - 17.50 )
p1( 19.50 - 21.50 )
p1( 9.50 - 11.50 )
p3( 16.50  - 18.50 )
p2( 7.20 - 7.50 )
p4 ( 6.20 - 7.20 )
.
.
.
.

i wrote a simple code but i dont know how to expand that for this work

for example to change all 18 to 17.50

Code:
find . -type d  | while  read FILE
do
echo "$FILE" | grep 18 | sed 's/18/17.50/g'
done

and so on but my code does not make sense because 18 should be a counter from 1 to 23 and every time change in grep and sed to rename all directories .

any idea ????
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