Rename directories, subdirectories, files recursively that contain matching string
July 19, 2023 Leave a comment
Problem:
I have copied /u01 directory (containing Oracle software) from another node. The Oracle software home includes directories and files with hostnames.
My task was to rename all directories, subdirectories, and files containing the specific hostname (in my case rac2) into rac1.
Let me show you the folder hierarchy that is challenging when you want to rename by script. For simplicity, this hierarchy is made up, but this type of dependency exists in /u01:
/u01/first_level_rac2/second_level_rac2/third_level_rac2.txtWe want to have:
/u01/first_level_rac1/second_level_rac1/third_level_rac1.txtSo finally, all folders or files containing the string rac2 should be replaced with rac1.
The challenge here is that you need to start renaming from the third_level, then rename second_level and later first_level. Otherwise, you will have accessibility issues with other subdirectories or files.
Solution:
If you want a shortcut, here is the code:
[root@rac1 ~]# find /u01 -depth -name "*rac2*" | while read i ; do
newname="$(echo ${i} |sed 's/\(.*\)rac2/\1rac1/')" ;
echo "mv" "${i}" "${newname}" >> rename_rac2_rac1.sh;
doneLater you need to run rename_rac2_rac1.sh file, which will contain mv statements for each matching file or folder.
Let me explain,
find /u01 -depth-name "*rac2*" – This will find all files and folders that contain rac2 keyword and will display the output with depth-first order.
Without depth, the output is the following:
/u01/first_level_rac2
/u01/first_level_rac2/second_level_rac2
/u01/first_level_rac2/second_level_rac2/third_level_rac2.txtWith -depth, you will see the next order:
/u01/first_level_rac2/second_level_rac2/third_level_rac2.txt
/u01/first_level_rac2/second_level_rac2
/u01/first_level_rac2"$(echo ${i} |sed 's/\(.*\)rac2/\1rac1/')" – In this line, the value of i iterator (each line from find command) will be redirected to sed command that will replace the first occurrence of rac2 keyword searching from backward.
Later old name and a new name will be concatenated with mv statement and saved into rename_rac2_rac1.sh
This will be mv statements generated by the script:
mv /u01/first_level_rac2/second_level_rac2/third_level_rac2.txt /u01/first_level_rac2/second_level_rac2/third_level_rac1.txt
mv /u01/first_level_rac2/second_level_rac2 /u01/first_level_rac2/second_level_rac1
mv /u01/first_level_rac2 /u01/first_level_rac1
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