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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Rename files/directories based on their name Post 37634 by oombera on Tuesday 24th of June 2003 10:44:09 AM
Old 06-24-2003
I don't think I'm understanding completely what you want to do. If you have hundreds of directories all with "abc" somewhere in the name and you rename them all to "xyz", they're all going to overwrite each other.. or the first "mv" command will rename the first directory to xyz, and all subsequent "mv" commands will move the remaining directories inside of xyz..

For instance, here's some code that does what you're asking (it was done in ksh, so you may need to modify it - i.e. substituting $status for $?):
Code:
for i in `ls`; do
 if [ -d $i ]; then
  echo $i | grep -q *abc*
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
   mv $i xyz
  fi
 fi
done

But if you have three directories called
dirabc1
dirabc2
dirabc3
then dirabc1 will be renamed to xyz and dirabc2 and dirabc3 will be moved inside xyz..
 

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list_directory

list directory(1m)														list directory(1m)

NAME

       list directory - Displays a list of all the directories whose names match the specified directory name

SYNOPSIS

       cdscp list directory directory-name [with attribute-name = attribute-value]

ARGUMENTS

       The  full  name	of  a specific directory.  The last simple name can contain wildcard characters.  The name of a particular attribute.  The
       value of a particular attribute.

DESCRIPTION

       The list directory command displays a list of all the directories whose names match the specified directory name.  The last simple name can
       contain	wildcards.   You  can use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause to limit output only to directories whose attributes have
       values equal to the specified values.  A space must precede and follow the = (equals sign).

   Privilege Required
       You must have read permission to the parent directory.  If you use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause in the command, you  also
       need read or test permission to the selected directories.

NOTE

       This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.

EXAMPLE

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