1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi! I'd like to list my files recursively BUT: I want them in this format, so that I can use them as options for commands like ftp->put or del ./directory1/file1.tar ./directory1/file2.tar ./directory1/file3.tar ./directory2/file1.tar ./directory2/file2.tar ./directory2/file3.tar... (9 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I'm new linux user.I need to recursively rename all files .I used this command "rename .MP3\;1 .MP3 *.MP3\;1" to rename files in one directory.But Inside this directory lots of sub directories there. Please help me out how to rename all files recursively? Thanks Govindan (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I would like to replace multiple underscores with hyphens but I have 26,000 files to rename. They are all in one file structure and multiple sub-directories. It would be much simpler if I had a script to do it. Here are some samples of the file names: Example 1... (3 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, find . | xargs -s 47518 can list all the files and directories recursively , is there any possibility to copy only files from directories and subdirectoreis once it is listed. Please help Thans & Regards Uma (3 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi I have files named 123_234_aaa.jpg 234_231_345.jpg and i wish to rename these files to aaa.jpg and 345.jpg. i.e inital number,_,next number should be removed form the file name. Please let me know how can i do it. (2 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I have d1,d2,d3 directories / /home/abc/d1 /home/abc/d2 /home/abc/d3 d1,d2 and d3 also have subdirctories. d1-->d11-->d12 d2-->d22-->d23 d3-->d33-->d34 All these directories have files like date_filename.txt so I want to find the files recusively for a particular date from... (1 Reply)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I would like to transfer all files ending with .log from /tmp and to /tmp/archive (using find ) The directory structure looks like :- /tmp a.log b.log c.log /abcd d.log e.log When I tried the following command , it movies all the log files... (8 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have this directory tree under /apps/myapp/data: imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/foldersc.png How to recursively rename ONLY directories with 5 digits (00000, 00100, 00200,..., 00007, 00107,...)? I want to add to their name two more zeros: Before: 00107 After: 0000107 Thanks in... (2 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello! I know what i s recursion, but can't imagine what shoudl be "recursicve copying" of files? Please, what should mean: cp -r /home/hope/files/* /home/hope/backup Can someone helpme with a simple example? Many thanks!!! (6 Replies)

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I have a directory which contains multiple files with .txt extension, i want to rename all these file to .bak extension using find command, this is what i've tried, please help me to correct this : find /home/application/test -name '*.txt' -exec rename 's/txt/bak/' {} \; seems to... (8 Replies)