Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,
I am attempting to rename files in a directory tree, using the find command:

find . -name "file-src*" -exec mv {} file-tgt \;

however, this only moves the file to the current dir: I have also tried:

mv 'find . -name file-src' file-tar

find . -name "file-src*" -exec mv {file-tgt} \;

etc, but to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.

There might be better ways to do this.

for i in `find your_dir -type f -name '*'`
do
mv $i $i.mv
done

thanks - I've tried this statement, however I still get the syntax error for the move command; when I replace the mv with echo $i; it writes out the find argument.

e.g. with the move cmd:
for i in 'find . -type f -name "file*" '
do
mv $i $i.bak
done

Output is:
$mv: invalid option

and the echo $i

for i in 'find . -type f -name "file*" '
do
echo $i
done

'find . -type f -name "file*"

Are you using single quotes, or backticks? ' or `
Backticks will do what you want. (It's the ` character on the upper-left corner of a standard PC keyboard, usually with the ~ )

If you're using a shell like bash or ksh, you could do it like this:
[...] for each in $(find . -name blah) [...]
But most shells will recognize:
[...] for each in `find . -name blah` [...]

Dont use ' (single quote). Use ` (dont know what it is called but it is left to the '1' key on the key board and above 'TAB')

Sorry LivinFree. probably we replied at the same time.

Good stuff -that works fine. Yah I've had some problems using the ' and ` with commands in the past ....
Thanks again.