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From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: wael-zwaiter@gmx.com
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Changing file names with "--" to "-" recursively
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 09:45:00 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YDIBbE+YRj7D3ZJk@protected.rcdrun.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-cd206881-a2d4-4a2d-b47e-57feda967505-1613876784264@3c-app-mailcom-bs01>

* wael-zwaiter@gmx.com <wael-zwaiter@gmx.com> [2021-02-21 06:07]:
> 
> I have a lot of files and want to change "--" to "-".
> 
> Am using
> 
> rename 's/--/-/g' *
> 
> on the current directory.
> 
> How can I recursively go through all sub directories and do the
> changes for files only.

The command:

$ rename 's/--/-/g' *

does not work on my side as it works on yours, maybe it is different
software.     

You do as following in the top directory:

for i in $(find . -type f -iname "*--*"); do mv $i $(echo $i | sed -e "s/--/-/"); done

You may alias the command to:

alias renamedashes='for i in $(find . -type f -name "*--*"); do mv $i $(echo $i | sed -e "s/--/-/"); done'

and invoke it with

$ renamedashes

in future.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-02-21  6:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-21  3:06 Changing file names with "--" to "-" wael-zwaiter
2021-02-21  3:33 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-21  6:45 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-02-21  7:46   ` Changing file names with "--" to "-" recursively Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-02-21 12:42     ` Jean Louis
2021-02-21 13:41   ` ken
2021-02-22  6:36   ` David Masterson
2021-02-22  4:42 ` Changing file names with "--" to "-" Robert Thorpe

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