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carlspring
carlspring

Reputation: 32677

Rename multiple directories matching pattern

I would like to rename all directories under a basedir which match a name. For example:

In basedir/, I have:

- foo/bar/blah
- my/bar/foo
- some/bar/foo1
- other/foo/bar

I would like to rename all directories matching bar, but I would like to preserve the prefix part.

With find, I can easily make a list of all the directories like this:

find . -name repositoryunit -type d

However, how can I use -exec mv {} ... (or perhaps combine with another app) so that the prefix is preserved?

Many thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 15

Views: 9076

Answers (1)

John Kugelman
John Kugelman

Reputation: 361984

find . -depth -name bar -type d -execdir mv {} baz \;

-execdir changes directory to the parent before executing the command, so the mv here will be local to each parent directory.

Upvotes: 27

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