fractal5
Reputation: 2132
Find and replace string in folder name using command line
How can I replace a string in all my folder names in one directory. For example if I have these folders
hellojoe hellomary hellosusan
I want to change these to
worldjoe worldmary worldsusan
Upvotes: 1
Views: 1364
Answers (1)
fractal5
Reputation: 2132
Using this command works
find . -name 'hello*' -exec bash -c 'mv "$1" "${1/hello/world}"' -- {} \;
Upvotes: 2
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