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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Rename the files in all the directories and sub-directories Post 302810379 by AshwaniSharma09 on Tuesday 21st of May 2013 05:17:30 PM
Old 05-21-2013
HI guys,

I could write a write a script which does the task but the problem is, it works only on the files which are present in the current directory. I need it to be working on subdirectories as well.
Here is the script:
for file in $(find -type f -name "*.jpg")
do
echo $file

newfile="$(echo $file | sed -e 's/gridded-//g' -e 's/-c1-384-/_/g' -e 's/-Tp32-CmKan-Sel2-384-/_/g' -e 's/-32C-/_/g' | sed 's/\(.*\)-\(.*\)-\(.*\)_\(.*\)_\(.*\)_\(.*\)-\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/\5_\2_\7_\6_\3-\4\.\8/' | sed -e 's/^/mohan_dm-/')"

echo $newfile
cp $file $newfile
done


It successfully prints the changed names of the files from subdirectories (echo $newfile) but does not make a copy of files in the subdirectories. That means "cp $file $newfile" is not working.

Please help me out here. Thanks in advance.
 

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dh_di_numbers

DH_DI_NUMBERS(1)						     Debhelper							  DH_DI_NUMBERS(1)

NAME

       dh_di_numbers - install numbered scripts into package build directories

SYNOPSIS

       dh_di_numbers [debhelper options] [dir [...] dest]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_di_numbers is a debhelper program that installs directories of numbered scripts into package build directories.

       Within each directory, there should be a "_numbers" file in which each line contains at least two space-separated fields. The first field
       in each line is a two-digit number, which will be prefixed to the entry name to provide ordering within the directory; the second is the
       entry name, which must correspond to a file or directory alongside the "_numbers" file; and the third field, if present, is another two-
       digit number which identifies another entry with the same entry name to which this entry should be a symlink.

       Any additional directory names specified as parameters will be installed in the package build directory of the first package dh_di_numbers
       is told to act on. By default, this is the first binary package in debian/control, but if you use -p, -i, or -a flags, it will be the first
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FILES

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	   List the directories to install into each package and the directory they should be installed to. The format is a set of lines, where
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	   Lists directories to install and where to install them to. The files will be installed into the first package dh_di_numbers acts on.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of dh-di.

AUTHOR

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