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# 8  
Old 07-20-2008
OK, cd to the directory where you think your zzz files ( /public_html/files ?? ) are, and run:

Code:
find . -type f -name "*.zzz"

If you still can't find them run :

Code:
find / -type f -name "*.zzz"

and post the output, CTRL+C as soon as you see some results.

This the output that I get ( I'm on linux too):
Code:
[ tmp]$ls -1
a_1.zzz
b_1.zzz
blah_1.jpg
blah_2.jpg
c_1.zzz
directory.zzz
other_directory

[ tmp]$find . -type f -name "*.zzz" 
./c_1.zzz
./a_1.zzz
./b_1.zzz
./directory.zzz/a_2.zzz
./directory.zzz/c_2.zzz
./directory.zzz/b_2.zzz

[tmp]$find . -type f -name "*.zzz" | xargs -i  echo  '{}' '{}'_disable
./c_1.zzz ./c_1.zzz_disable
./a_1.zzz ./a_1.zzz_disable
./b_1.zzz ./b_1.zzz_disable
./directory.zzz/a_2.zzz ./directory.zzz/a_2.zzz_disable
./directory.zzz/c_2.zzz ./directory.zzz/c_2.zzz_disable
./directory.zzz/b_2.zzz ./directory.zzz/b_2.zzz_disable

[tmp]$find . -type f -name "*.zzz" | xargs -t -i  mv   '{}' '{}'_disable
mv ./c_1.zzz ./c_1.zzz_disable 
mv ./a_1.zzz ./a_1.zzz_disable 
mv ./b_1.zzz ./b_1.zzz_disable 
mv ./directory.zzz/a_2.zzz ./directory.zzz/a_2.zzz_disable 
mv ./directory.zzz/c_2.zzz ./directory.zzz/c_2.zzz_disable 
mv ./directory.zzz/b_2.zzz ./directory.zzz/b_2.zzz_disable 

[ tmp]$find . -type f -name "*.zzz_*" 
./c_1.zzz_disable
./b_1.zzz_disable
./a_1.zzz_disable
./directory.zzz/c_2.zzz_disable
./directory.zzz/b_2.zzz_disable
./directory.zzz/a_2.zzz_disable

Copy/Paste your output of the above commands ( samples of course ).
# 9  
Old 07-20-2008
Ok, perfect.

Quote:
find . -type f -name "*.zzz"
That worked, and it found all the files I was looking for, after I cd'd into /public_html/files

Here is a snippet of the output

Quote:
./e/index.zzz
./e/file-name-1.zzz
./e/file-name-2.zzz
./f/file-name-1.zzz
./f/file-name-2.zzz
Now that I know I can search, and find, those files, what command do I enter to add "_disabled" to the end of the file name?

Going off your original suggestion, I imagine it would be something like:

Quote:
find . -type f -name "*.zzz" | xargs -i mv '{}' '{}'_disabled
from inside /public_html/files

Yes?
# 10  
Old 07-20-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by dave920
...

Going off your original suggestion, I imagine it would be something like:

Code:
find . -type f -name "*.zzz" | xargs -i mv '{}' '{}'_disabled

from inside /public_html/files

Yes?
Yes, from inside /public_html/files


Code:
find . -type f -name "*.zzz" | xargs -i mv '{}' '{}'_disabled


When you're done with renaming, check the renamed files with:

Code:
find . -type f -name "*.zzz_disabled"

# 11  
Old 07-21-2008
Awesome! Worked exactly as expected, and exactly as you said it would. Thanks so much for your help, huge stress relieved!

Thanks again.
 
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