This seems to work for the current directory but not for any sub directories and files under the sub directories. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Stainburn Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 4:46 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: Change filenames recursively On Wednesday 31 January 2007 21:48, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > 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 The best answer I've seen, but surely to remove the problem of multiple asterisks all you have to do is remove the 'g' modified from the end of the regex. This *should* work as the criteria of the find ensures the 1st * is at the beginning. Gary -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
