Rename files

linuxaddict7 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009

Hi, I wanna rename bunch of files which has ":" to -.

ie. rename file named file1:file1 to file1-file1.

any ideas?

edgarvm · #2 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009

i haven't tested this but it should work:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
dir=/tmp
for oldname in `find $tmp -type f`; do
   newname=`echo $oldname | tr ':' '-'`
   mv $oldname $newname
done

linuxaddict7 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009

thank you. Worked great..!!

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