File Rename in Script

[Autosys]

Hi All

Was wondering if you could help.

Need to write a little ksh script that will loop through files in a directory and rename all the files or directories that contain the letter bbs in them. The script should rename these 3 letters to aaa.

For example if I have the following files in the directory:

testbbskka.txt
hello
echokkbbs.txt

it should rename only the 1st and last files by replacing bbs to aaa

Thanks a lot!

 

[PHV]

A starting point:
for f in $(ls *bbs*); do mv $f $(echo $f | sed 's!bbs!aaa!'); done


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[vgersh99]

knock-knock, UUOls is here:
also considering embedded spaces in the file names.

#!/bin/ksh
IFS='#'
for f in *bbs*; do mv "$f" $(echo "$f" | sed 's!bbs!aaa!'); done

vlad
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[PHV]

vlad, what happens if no *bbs* file ?
I persist in the Usefull Use Of ls ;-)
I agree for the embedded space issue.

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[vgersh99]

true, but you can always '2>/dev/null'
yeah, maybe it's not so useless....

vlad
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[Autosys]

Thanks for all your help guys!! My script now does what I've originally requested from you!

I'm now however faced with another small problem. When my script goes into my loop (for file in ls), it renames all the files matching the pattern but not any directories?

Ideally it also needs to recursively drill into the sub-directories to rename those as well.

Will a find command somehow in that case be a better approach?

Thanks!
S

 

[PHV]

Perhaps this ?
for f in $(find . -depth *bbs*); do mv $f $(echo $f | sed 's!bbs!aaa!'); done

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