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user5739619
user5739619

Reputation: 1838

Using Linux to recursively change file names?

I have a directory and files looking like this

/Folder/A/12 3ER This.docx
/Folder/A/12 3ER Namespace.docx
/Folder/A/12 QW Blah.docx
/Folder/A/12 QW BlahBlah.docx
/Folder/B/12 3ER Annoying.docx
/Folder/B/12 3ER Were.docx
/Folder/B/12 QW Stack.docx
/Folder/B/12 QW Overlow.docx
...

I want to rename all the files containing 3ER to _My_

So the directory and files should look like

/Folder/A/12_My_This.docx
/Folder/A/12_My_Namespace.docx
/Folder/A/12 QW Blah.docx
/Folder/A/12 QW BlahBlah.docx
/Folder/B/12_My_Annoying.docx
/Folder/B/12_My_Were.docx
/Folder/B/12 QW Stack.docx
/Folder/B/12 QW Overlow.docx
...

How can I do this with Linux?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 51

Answers (1)

Charles Duffy
Charles Duffy

Reputation: 295308

find . -name '* 3ER *' -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' filename; do
  mv -- "$filename" "${filename// 3ER /_My_}"
done

Upvotes: 1

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