On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 03:57:30PM -0500, Matthew Anderson wrote: > I have hundreds of files that start with a * (asterisk) for the > filename. I am needing to change the asterisk in every file to a _ > (underscore). Does > > Anyone know what command I can use to recursively do that? I appreciate > any help anyone can provide me. The following should work: for i in `find . -type f -name '\**'`; do mv $i `echo $i | sed -e 's/\*/_/g'`; done This will only work if there is one '*' in the filename as the sed command replaces all asterisks with underscores. You can adjust if your needs differ. Ray -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
