Batch rename files and directories when a substring exists in both

PFleur · 2024-04-30 21:58:58

Hi I've been trying to replace a string in all directory names and all files but have been running into an issue with the string I'm trying to replace being present in both leading to errors along the lines of:

mv: './ships/sktest/sktestT6blocks.png' and './ships/sktest/sktestT6blocks.png' are the same file

Below is the loop I'm trying to use:

find . -type f -name "*$search*" | while read -r file; do
	mv "$file" "${file//$search/$replace}" #2> /dev/null
done

Is there any way to exclude the directories in order to rename each separately or some other method to get it to work or do something similar?

Trilby · 2024-04-30 22:19:57

Your going to have to be more specific. What are $search and $replace in this context and what do you want to happen? Given the -type f flag, I gather you'd want to operate just on the filename not the path - but if that's the case, the content of that loop is wrong - you'd likely want to break it into dirname and basename and do the replacement just on the basename component.

PFleur · 2024-05-01 03:29:22

$search and $replace are variables containing strings where $search contains the string to be replaced. How would I break it into the directory name and basename?
Full script below.

#!/bin/bash
@echo on

#Constants

RED='\033[0;31m'
NC='\033[0m'
search=sktest

#temporary
replace=testname

#Setup

echo "Linux port of DrPvtSkittles' Basic Race Template setup script by Patchouli Fleur"

echo -e "${RED}╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗"
echo          "║IT IS RECOMMENDED TO BACKUP YOUR MOD BEFORE CONTINUING║"
echo -e       "╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝${NC}"

#read -p "Enter the race's name: " replace

echo    "╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗"
echo    "║This could take several minuites depending on your system║"
echo -e "║                ${RED}DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW${NC}                 ║"
echo    "╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝"

#Actual work

#change what is in files
find . -type f -not -name "*.sh" -not -path '*/\.*' -exec sed -i "s/$search/$replace/g" {} +

#change filenames
#for file in * ; do mv $file ${file//$search/$replace} ; done
find . -type f -name "*$search*" | while read -r file; do
	mv "$file" "${file//$search/$replace}" #2> /dev/null
done

solskog · 2024-05-01 06:05:18

PFleur wrote:

directory name and basename?

# dir="$(dirname $file)"
# name="$(basename $file)"

Trilby · 2024-05-01 12:15:14

PFleur wrote:

$search and $replace are variables containing strings

No shit. I was asking what they were set to. I give up.

seth · 2024-05-01 13:26:05

Trilby wanted to know what *actual* patterns fail the replacement, eg. if they include tokens that would have required being escaped.
You're not required to explain bash basics here

Add "set -x" to your script to trace it and see what is actually expanded where.

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#1 2024-04-30 21:58:58

Batch rename files and directories when a substring exists in both

#2 2024-04-30 22:19:57

Re: Batch rename files and directories when a substring exists in both

#3 2024-05-01 03:29:22

Re: Batch rename files and directories when a substring exists in both

#4 2024-05-01 06:05:18

Re: Batch rename files and directories when a substring exists in both

#5 2024-05-01 12:15:14

Re: Batch rename files and directories when a substring exists in both

#6 2024-05-01 13:26:05

Re: Batch rename files and directories when a substring exists in both

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