[Linux-disciples] Troubles with 'rename'

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Um, it seems like what you want to do was answered in the script I
posted that day:

http://lists.bostoncoop.net/pipermail/linux-disciples/2005-April/001222.html

One problem with your script is it gets sticky with depth vs. breadth
... the directory list in the for loop is generated first, and a parent
directory in your path may already be renamed by the time you get to it.

Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 09:55:00AM -0400, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> 
>>I don't think rename can handle that kind of target:
>>
>># mkdir some\ dir
>># touch some\ dir/some\ file
>># ls some\ dir
>>some file
>># rename "s/ /_/g" some\ dir/some\ file
>>Can't rename some dir/some file some_dir/some_file: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> I just ran into this again. My first guess is that 'rename'
> won't allow you to rename a file if your renaming rule would
> affect the file's parent directories as well. So
> 
> rename 's/ /_/g' some_dir/some\ file
> 
> would work fine, but
> 
> rename 's/ /_/g' some\ dir/some_file
> 
> does not.
> 
> It seems like the solution to this is to use the find
> command, cd into the directory containing the file, rename
> the file, then back out and rename the parent directory.
> Something like this should do the trick, though some problem
> or another with embedded spaces is making this particular
> command fail:
> 
> for i in $(find -depth -iname '*\ *'); do cd $(dirname $i); rename 's/ /_/g' "$i"; done
> 
> Like I said, that's not quite working, but I suspect
> something like that would work.
> 
> 
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