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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Command / script to partially rename file Post 302902759 by Grueben on Thursday 22nd of May 2014 06:36:55 AM
Old 05-22-2014
I tried this one and it renamed every file in the directory ! Luckily I tested it in my $home first !

Apologies should have clarified this is a shared filesystem - not just the ones I want to rename..

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Hi clx

This doesn't work for me. The rename doesn't return any errors so I don't know why..
 

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GIT-MV(1)							    Git Manual								 GIT-MV(1)

NAME
git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink SYNOPSIS
git mv <options>... <args>... DESCRIPTION
Move or rename a file, directory or symlink. git mv [-v] [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> <destination> git mv [-v] [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> ... <destination directory> In the first form, it renames <source>, which must exist and be either a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>. In the second form, the last argument has to be an existing directory; the given sources will be moved into this directory. The index is updated after successful completion, but the change must still be committed. OPTIONS
-f, --force Force renaming or moving of a file even if the target exists -k Skip move or rename actions which would lead to an error condition. An error happens when a source is neither existing nor controlled by Git, or when it would overwrite an existing file unless -f is given. -n, --dry-run Do nothing; only show what would happen -v, --verbose Report the names of files as they are moved. SUBMODULES
Moving a submodule using a gitfile (which means they were cloned with a Git version 1.7.8 or newer) will update the gitfile and core.worktree setting to make the submodule work in the new location. It also will attempt to update the submodule.<name>.path setting in the gitmodules(5) file and stage that file (unless -n is used). GIT
Part of the git(1) suite Git 1.8.5.3 01/14/2014 GIT-MV(1)
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