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# 1  
Old 01-16-2015
Move files from one date to another
Hi

I have hundreds of files with the following format

Quote:
a_01152015.csv
b_01152015,csv
c_01152015,csv....
;;
;
;
I need to move this 1000 files from above to a different date
Quote:
a_01212015.csv
b_01212015.csv
c_01212015.csv

Is there a way to do that with a script or command
# 2  
Old 01-16-2015
Code:
for FILE in *.01152015.csv
do
        FILE2="${FILE/01152015/01212015}"
        echo mv "$FILE" "$FILE2"
done

Remove the 'echo' once you've tested that it does what you want.
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RavinderSingh13
# 3  
Old 01-16-2015
Thank you corona688 for nice approach, one more approach with find command.
Code:
find -type f -name "*_01152015.csv" -exec bash -c 'echo mv $0 ${0/01152015/01212015}' {} \; 2>/dev/null

NOTE: We can remove echo if happy with results, also if needed remove 2>/dev/null which has been added to remove errors.

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 4  
Old 01-16-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by RavinderSingh13
Thank you corona688 for nice approach, one more approach with find command.
You should warn the OP that find is recursive, it will search inside subfolders.

Also, running an entire shell for each individual file you want to move is not an efficient solution. You only need one shell:

Code:
find -type f -name '*_01152015.csv' | while read FILE
do
        FILE2="${FILE/01152015/01212015}"
        echo mv "$FILE" "$FILE2"
done

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