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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting bash script to rename multiple directories Post 302374164 by garethsays on Monday 23rd of November 2009 03:58:11 PM
Old 11-23-2009
Done
Anyone interested here is my script.

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/tst2
## set variable year_dir as first year
year_dir=2007

## checks dir exists and is a directory and into FIRST LOOP
while [ -d "$year_dir" ] && [ "$year_dir" -le 2010 ]
do
cd $year_dir
YEAR=`basename $PWD` ;echo "YEAR IS "$YEAR
## list all directories and into SECOND LOOP
for month_dir in `ls -d *`
do
cd $month_dir
MONTH=`basename $PWD | awk '{printf "%02i",substr($0,length($0)-1)}'` ;echo "MONTH IS "$MONTH
## lists all single char directories,i.e. 1 to 9 and into THIRD LOOP
for day_dir_1char in `ls -d [1-9]`
do
echo "mv "$day_dir_1char" 0"$day_dir_1char
mv $day_dir_1char 0$day_dir_1char
done
## exit THIRD LOOP
## list all two char dirs and rename all days (all in 2 char format). in to FOURTH LOOP
for day_dir_2char in `ls -d [0-3][0-9]`
do
echo "mv $day_dir_2char to "$YEAR"_"$MONTH"_"$day_dir_2char
mv $day_dir_2char $YEAR\_$MONTH\_$day_dir_2char
done
## exit FOUTH LOOP
cd ..
echo "mv $month_dir to "$YEAR"_"$MONTH
mv $month_dir $YEAR\_$MONTH
# echo "cmv "$month_dir $YEAR"_"$MONTH
# DAY=`basename $PWD`; echo "DAY IS "$DAY
done
let year_dir=$year_dir+1
cd ..
done
 

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touch

TOUCH(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  TOUCH(1)

NAME

     touch -- change file access and modification times

SYNOPSIS

     touch [-acfhm] [-r file] [-t [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]] file ...

DESCRIPTION

     The touch utility sets the modification and access times of files to the current time of day.  If the file doesn't exist, it is created with
     default permissions.

     The following options are available:

     -a      Change the access time of the file.  The modification time of the file is not changed unless the -m flag is also specified.

     -c      Do not create the file if it does not exist.  The touch utility does not treat this as an error.  No error messages are displayed and
	     the exit value is not affected.

     -f      Attempt to force the update, even if the file permissions do not currently permit it.

     -h      If the file is a symbolic link, change the times of the link itself rather than the file that the link points to.	Note that -h
	     implies -c and thus will not create any new files.

     -m      Change the modification time of the file.	The access time of the file is not changed unless the -a flag is also specified.

     -r      Use the access and modifications times from the specified file instead of the current time of day.

     -t      Change the access and modification times to the specified time.  The argument should be in the form ``[[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]'' where
	     each pair of letters represents the following:

		   CC	   The first two digits of the year (the century).
		   YY	   The second two digits of the year.  If ``YY'' is specified, but ``CC'' is not, a value for ``YY'' between 69 and 99
			   results in a ``CC'' value of 19.  Otherwise, a ``CC'' value of 20 is used.
		   MM	   The month of the year, from 1 to 12.
		   DD	   the day of the month, from 1 to 31.
		   hh	   The hour of the day, from 0 to 23.
		   mm	   The minute of the hour, from 0 to 59.
		   SS	   The second of the minute, from 0 to 61.

	     If the ``CC'' and ``YY'' letter pairs are not specified, the values default to the current year.  If the ``SS'' letter pair is not
	     specified, the value defaults to 0.

DIAGNOSTICS

     The touch utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     utimes(2)

COMPATIBILITY

     The obsolescent form of touch, where a time format is specified as the first argument, is supported.  When no -r or -t option is specified,
     there are at least two arguments, and the first argument is a string of digits either eight or ten characters in length, the first argument
     is interpreted as a time specification of the form ``MMDDhhmm[YY]''.

     The ``MM'', ``DD'', ``hh'' and ``mm'' letter pairs are treated as their counterparts specified to the -t option.  If the ``YY'' letter pair
     is in the range 39 to 99, the year is set to 1939 to 1999, otherwise, the year is set in the 21st century.

HISTORY

     A touch utility appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

STANDARDS

     The touch utility is expected to be a superset of the IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') specification.

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