1. Find all directories named "ByHost" in a specified directory
2. Rename all .plist files inside "ByHost" directories
This is the way I have been able to do it so far.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#
# Rename ByHost files
#
# Thomas Berglund, 13.07.08
# Get the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
# ioreg commands found at http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=leopard_byhost_changes
#
# Check if hardware is PPC or early Intel
if [[ `ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut -c27-50` == "00000000-0000-1000-8000-" ]]; then
LEOUUID=`ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut -c51-62 | awk {'print tolower()'}`
# Check if hardware is new Intel
elif [[ `ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut -c27-50` != "00000000-0000-1000-8000-" ]]; then
LEOUUID=`ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut -c27-62`
fi
# Rename .plist files with the right UUID
# I have made a replica of the folder structure for testing purposes
for file in ./System/Library/User\ Template/*/Library/Preferences/ByHost/*.plist ; do
# Make new file name with the right UUID
# Note to self: \(.*\) = \1 (pattern group 1, backreference) http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Regular.html#uh-10
newName="`echo ${file} | sed "s/\(.*\)\.[^\.]*.plist/\1.${LEOUUID}.plist/"`"
# Rename files
mv -v "${file}" "${newName}"
done
When using this method, dotfiles are not included, and there is a file called .GlobalPreferences.UUID.plist in every ByHost folder.
When I try using the find command in the for-loop...
Code:
# Rename .plist files with the right UUID
for file in "`find ./System/Library/User\ Template/* -name "*.plist"`" ; do
# Make new file name with the right UUID
# Note to self: \(.*\) = \1 (pattern group 1, backreference) http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Regular.html#uh-10
newName="`echo ${file} | sed "s/\(.*\)\.[^\.]*.plist/\1.${LEOUUID}.plist/"`"
#echo "$file"
# Rename files
mv -v "${file}" "${newName}"
done
I get this error (I put line breaks in the output to make it readable here in the forum):
Code:
mv: rename ./System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.0016cb960b0e.plist\n./System/Library/User
Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.0016cb960b0e.plist\n./System/Library/User
Template/no.lproj/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.0016cb960b0e.plist\n./System/Library/User
Template/no.lproj/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.0016cb960b0e.plist\n./System/Library/User
Template/no.lproj/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Blue.0016cb960b0e.plist to ./System/Library/User
Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.0016cb960b0e.plist ./System/Library/User
Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.0016cb960b0e.plist ./System/Library/User
Template/no.lproj/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.0016cb960b0e.plist ./System/Library/User
Template/no.lproj/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.0016cb960b0e.plist ./System/Library/User
Template/no.lproj/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Blue.0016cb960b0e.plist: No such file or directory
If I just echo the $file variable, I get this output, and dotfiles are included (the files outside ByHost directories are included too, which is something I would like to avoid):
I have tried adding a second for-loop where I specify the path as ./System/Library/User\ Template/*/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.*.plist. It works, but there must be more efficient way.
Any suggestions?
Last edited by Thomas Berglund; 07-13-2008 at 11:02 AM..
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