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[bash] Manipulate dir name

Hi

as output i get a directory (i don't know its name) with many files inside.
Now i need to find the directory name and change it as i need.

I can found a directory name with this command:

Code:
find -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep out

Now i'd like to assign it to a variable and change it.
for example (i know that's not correct) something like:

if the directory name is "dir.out"
Code:
name=find -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep out

#now name=dir.out and i change it as a string

name[0]=k
#now name should be name=kir.out

Can anyone suggest a solution

thanks

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cd, chdir, pushd, popd, dirs - change working directory SYNOPSIS
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/usr/bin/cd The /usr/bin/cd utility changes the current directory in the context of the cd utility only. This is in contrast to the version built into the shell. /usr/bin/cd has no effect on the invoking process but can be used to determine whether or not a given directory can be set as the current directory. sh The Bourne shell built-in cd changes the current directory to argument. The shell parameter HOME is the default argument. The shell parame- ter CDPATH defines the search path for the directory containing argument. Alternative directory names are separated by a colon (:). The default path is <null> (specifying the current directory). The current directory is specified by a null path name, which can appear immedi- ately after the equal sign or between the colon delimiters anywhere else in the path list. If argument begins with `/', `.', or `.. ', the search path is not used. 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