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Rename .JPG to .jpg recursively

Recursively rename .JPG to .jpg using standard find and mv. It's generally better to use a standard tool if doing so is not much more difficult.
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find /path/to/images -name '*.JPG' -exec bash -c 'mv "$1" "${1/%.JPG/.jpg}"' -- {} \;

sorpigal · 2010-01-07 15:41:17 9
Copy all files, including hidden files, recursively without traversing backward

You could do the following, however, brace expansion with {} is not defined in POSIX, and therefore not guaranteed to work in all shells. But, if it does, it's more convenient (although it's certainly not less typing): cp -r {*,.??*} /dest Sometimes there are times when I need to cp(1), mv(1) or rm(1) files recursively, but don't want to traverse the previous directory by following ../../../../ etc out of the current directory. This command prevents that. The secret sauce is ".??*". The file globbing ensures that it must start with a dot, and be followed by at least two characters. So, three characters must exist in the filename, which eliminates "." and "..".
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cp -r * .??* /dest

atoponce · 2011-12-16 23:41:03 13
Smart renaming

A powerfull way to rename file using sed groups. & stand for the matched expression. \1 referes to the first group between parenthesis. \2 to the second. Show Sample Output
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```
Produce commands like:
mv banana_train_data_1.asc banana_1_train_data.asc
```
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ls | sed -n -r 's/banana_(.*)_([0-9]*).asc/mv & banana_\2_\1.asc/gp' | sh

log0 · 2009-04-28 17:53:58 6
Renaming a file without overwiting an existing file name

Sometimes in a hurry you may move or copy a file using an already existent file name. If you aliased the cp and mv command with the -i option you are prompted for a confirmation before overwriting but if your aliases aren't there you will loose the target file! The -b option will force the mv command to check if the destination file already exists and if it is already there a backup copy with an ending ~ is created.
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mv -b old_file_name new_and_already_existent_file_name

ztank1013 · 2011-09-08 23:57:15 5
Rename file to same name plus datestamp of last modification.

FILENAME=nohup.out mv -iv $FILENAME{,.$(stat -c %Y $FILENAME)} does it help ? Show Sample Output
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```
`nohup.out' -> `nohup.out.1417527985'
```
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mv -iv $FILENAME{,.$(stat -c %Z $FILENAME)}

bunam · 2014-12-02 13:47:52 10
Rename file to same name plus datestamp of last modification.

Note that the -i will not help in a script. Proper error checking is required. Show Sample Output
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```
$ touch -d "yesterday" /tmp/testfile
$ FILENAME=/tmp/testfile
$ mv -iv $FILENAME{,.$(stat -c %y $FILENAME | awk '{print $1}')}
`/tmp/testfile' -> `/tmp/testfile.2014-11-30'
```
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mv -iv $FILENAME{,.$(stat -c %y $FILENAME | awk '{print $1}')}

pdxdoughnut · 2014-12-01 22:41:38 9
Backup file, create dir and set perms in one shot

Prior to working on/modifying a file, use the 'install -m' command which can both copy files, create directories, and set their permissions at the same time. Useful when you are working in the public_html folder and need to keep the cp'd file hidden. Show Sample Output
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```
#install -m 0400 a.txt{,.bak}
-rw-r--r--  1 user user  653 Feb 27 14:26 a.txt
-r--------  1 root root  653 Feb 27 15:58 a.txt.bak
```
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install -m 0400 foo bar/

op4 · 2015-03-02 13:20:38 8
Moving large number of files

if you want to move with command mv large list of files than you would get following error /bin/mv: Argument list too long alternavite with exec: find /source/directory -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name '*' -exec mv {} /target/directory \; Show Sample Output
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find /source/directory -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -name '*' -print0 | xargs -0 mv -t /target/directory;

aysadk · 2020-11-17 12:30:45 335
Uniformly correct filenames in a directory

Useful if non-ascii characters in filenames have been improperly encoded. Replace "PROBLEM" with the incorrect characters (e.g. 'é'), and "FIX" with the correct ones (e.g. '?').
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for i in *;do mv "$i" "$(echo $i | sed s/PROBLEM/FIX/g)";done

AlecSchueler · 2009-06-28 01:50:25 18

rename file name with fixed length nomeric format pattern Show Sample Output

ls *.jpg | awk -F'.' '{ printf "%s %04d.%s\n", $0, $1, $2; }' | xargs -n2 mv

hute37 · 2011-05-01 13:32:58 7

Rename a file with a random name

Give files a random name (don't ask why :-) The function will rename files but maintain their extensions. BUG: If a file doesn't have an extension it will end up with a dot at the end of the name. The parameter '8' for pwgen controls the length of filenames - eight random characters. Show Sample Output
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```
~$ ls
apple.png  banana.jpg  cherry.gif
~/p$ rf *
~/p$ ls
necuzora.png  seeheoye.gif  veefeiwa.jpg
```
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rf() { for i in "$@"; do mv "$i" "$(pwgen 8 1).${i##*.}"; done }

flatcap · 2011-06-22 07:45:23 4
rename all files with "?" char in name

replace all "?" characters in filename to underscore Show Sample Output
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```
file?s (1).txt -> file_s (1).txt
```
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find . -type f -name "*\?*" | while read f;do mv "$f" "${f//[^0-9A-Za-z.\/\ ]/_}";done

miccaman · 2014-11-28 14:55:27 12
Rename duplicates from MusicBrainz Picard

Renames duplicates from MusicBrainz Picard, so you get the latest copy and not a bunch of duplicates. Show Sample Output
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```
`abba/forever_gold_(disc_1__abba_gold)/19-waterloo (1).mp3' -> `abba/forever_gold_(disc_1__abba_gold)/19-waterloo.mp3'
```
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for i in */*/*$1$*; do mv -f "$i" "${i/ (1)}"; done

magenine · 2010-01-30 03:11:55 4
recursively change file name from uppercase to lowercase (or viceversa)

easier way to recursively change files to lowercase using rename instead
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find . -depth -print -execdir rename -f 'y/A-Z/a-z/' '{}' \;

rsimpson · 2011-03-25 03:10:27 6
Copy/move a bunch of files to dot files and back
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rename s/^/./ *

anarcat · 2011-12-06 20:44:50 6
move contents of the current directory to the parent directory, then remove current directory.

Avoid clobbering files by either overwriting due to name collisions or by assuming the command worked and deleting the target directory.
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mv -n * ../; cd ..; rmdir $OLDPWD

kevingranade · 2010-11-12 20:22:50 5
Add crc32 checksum in the filenames of all mp4

Rename all mp4 files with crc32 information. Show Sample Output
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```
Video 01.mp4 -> Video 01 [A317C812].mp4
Video 02.mp4 -> Video 02 [C8E3551B].mp4
Video 03.mp4 -> Video 03 [D2F5E37A].mp4
```
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for file in *.mp4; do mv "$file" "${file%.*} [$(cksfv -b -q "$file" | egrep -o "\b[A-F0-9]{8}\b$")].${file#*.}"; done

skapi · 2011-09-13 16:53:28 4
recursively change file name from uppercase to lowercase (or viceversa)

Handles spaces in file names and directories. Optionally change directories as well by pipe to tr from dirname.
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find ./ -type f -exec sh -c 'echo "{}" "$(dirname "{}")/$(basename "{}" | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]")"' \;

jelloir · 2012-06-14 07:13:42 4
Mass rename files in git

Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9984722/git-rename-many-files-and-folders
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for file in $(git ls-files | grep old_name_pattern); do git mv $file $(echo $file | sed -e 's/old_name_pattern/new_name_pattern/'); done

lpalgarvio · 2013-11-19 18:33:23 8
quick rename

icp and imv, interactive versions of cp and mv, will prompt the user for the new filename. These tools are from rename-utils package.
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imv foo

denilsonsa · 2014-01-24 01:34:01 11
Move all located items to folder

Find all books on my systems and move them into folder. The -0 switches are to handle spaces etc. in the filenames. Why would you need this? Locate uses an index, so it's super quick, and xargs is more elegant than a for loop.
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locate -0 -i *barthes* | xargs -0 mv -t ~/'Library/Books/Barthes, Roland'

qdrizh · 2014-11-16 18:26:35 11
rename all dirs with "?" char in name

rename all dirs with "?" char in name, leave spaces and () in place Show Sample Output
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```
dir?s -> dir_s 
 
```
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find . -type d -name "*\?*" | while read f;do mv "$f" "${f//[^0-9A-Za-z.\/\ ]/_}";done

miccaman · 2014-11-28 14:52:46 7
remove accents from file name

I had trouble with accent I could do a simple mv by hand but it is not efficient. I found this online http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-and-scripting/158635-remove-spanish-accent-file-name.html but I could not specify the accented letter direcly because it is not in the same encoding as my cli so I changed the char for their octal value. to add accent I use this table http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl7_iso_8859-1.htm and add the values to the tr part. the other "duplicates" where not working for me. comment to help me better this script. :) Show Sample Output
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```
st?phanie[85].docx is renamed to stephanie[85].docx
```
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for f in *; do tmp_f=`echo $f | tr "\351" "e"`; if [ "$tmp_f" != "$f" ]; then mv $f $tmp_f; echo "$f is renamed to $tmp_f"; fi done

weapstyle · 2015-08-05 15:56:05 11
bulk rename files with GNU Parallel

Works with any file name: space, ', " and even \n is OK. The code in {= =} is a perl expression.
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parallel -0 mv {} {=s/foo/bar/g=} ::: *

unixmonkey91589 · 2015-12-25 17:22:43 12
Move lots files with AWK
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find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | awk 'BEGIN { c=0 } { if( c == <quantity_at_a_time> ) { print l; l=$0; c=1 } else { if( l != "") { l=l" "$0 } else { l=$0 }; c++}} END { print l }' | xargs mv -t <dir_dest>

mvrpl · 2017-04-26 16:48:14 22
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Merge files, joining each line in one line

Change every instance of OLD to NEW in file FILE

Very quick way to change a word in a file. I use it all the time to change variable names in my PHP scripts (sed -i 's/$oldvar/$newvar/g' index.php)

Check syntax of all Perl modules or scripts underneath the current directory

Finds all *.p[ml]-files and runs a perl -c on them, checking whether Perl thinks they are syntactically correct

Find usb device in realtime

Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

Remind yourself to leave in 15 minutes

If you spend most of your time in front of the terminal, leave is a useful reminder. Leave can have absolute form: leave 1555 reminds you to leave at 3:55PM

Calculate days on which Friday the 13th occurs (inspired from the work of the user justsomeguy)

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Creates a symbolic link or overwrites an existing one

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Write comments to your history.

A null operation with the name 'comment', allowing comments to be written to HISTFILE. Prepending '#' to a command will *not* write the command to the history file, although it will be available for the current session, thus '#' is not useful for keeping track of comments past the current session.

Create multiple subfolders in one command.

Instead of typing separate commands to create various subfolders, we can create multiple subfolders by listing them between brackets and separated by commas.

Monitor changed files into a log file, with day rotation, using fswatch (MacOS)

This command monitors changes in the current folder structure (subfolders included) and files, and log it into a hidden file in the same folder, called `.file_changes_YYMMDD.log`. Modify the `--exclude` parameters to define what should be skipped.

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