[Nottingham] Batch file renaming

[Martin]

Andrew Etches wrote:
>>>> Could someone suggest a way to rename all these files so as to strip the 
>>>> trailing ".128kbps" and leave the rest of the filename and folder names 
>>>> intact?
>>> OK, first:
>>>
>>> MAKE A FULL BACKUP OF EVERYTHING FIRST!
>>>
>>>
>>> For take one, try:
>>>
>>> cd to the top directory, and:
>>>
>>> find . -name '*.128k' -print | while read n ; do mv -v "${n}"
>>> "${n%.128k}" ; done
> 
> Wouldn't a basic 'cd musicdir; rename ".128kbps" "" */*' do?

Indeed so, but does that work across multiple levels of hierarchy...?

Are there any versions that will work their way through a hierarchy of
directories?

eg, as for this case:

musicdir/artist/album/files.128k
musicdir/artist/anotheralbum/files.128k
musicdir/nextartist/album/files.128k
musicdir/compilation/files.128k
musicdir/genre/subgenre/obscurecat/artist/album/files.128k

... and so on.


You could alternatively use:

find musicdirroot/. -type d -exec rename ".128kbps" "" *.128kbps \;

(Mmmm... Or would the bash globbing muck that up?)


Any others?

Cheers,
Martin

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