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how to find files and replace them in a directory in Shell scripting
Post 302577598 by pratima.kumari on Tuesday 29th of November 2011 11:58:54 AM
11-29-2011
In the directory there are hundreds of files having several extensions.
i wwant a result which finds all the files which starts with "-" or contains '#'
and then rename it
---------- Post updated at 10:28 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:26 PM ----------
Will this work?
New_FILE=(`find ${DIRECTORY} -iname "*.*" -print0 | xargs -0 grep "-"`)
will this command will give me all the desired files.
i wwant a result which finds all the files which starts with "-" or contains '#'
and then rename it
---------- Post updated at 10:28 PM ---------- Previous update was at 10:26 PM ----------
Will this work?
New_FILE=(`find ${DIRECTORY} -iname "*.*" -print0 | xargs -0 grep "-"`)
will this command will give me all the desired files.
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