Rename files in different subfolders

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Rename files in different subfolders

Hello,

I am looking for a script to do the following:

I have different files in various folders and subfolders that I wish to rename.

So I need a script to search for files in all folders and subfolders of my external drive and find all files ending in .doc.

Then I need each file to be renamed as "report.doc". (there is only one file per subfolder so there is no danger of having two files with the same name.)

Can someone show me how to do that? I found similar posts but it was not what I was looking for.

Thank you very much for your time.

Posted on Apr 17, 2012 6:38 AM

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Answer 1

Limnos

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Apr 17, 2012 6:41 AM in response to peppitos

This is an old document I have so some may no longer exist or work with Lion, but you can probably find utilities that will do this for you. I use Renamer4Mac from back when it was free.

*Renaming Utilities*

NameChanger [http://www.mrrsoftware.com/MRRSoftware/NameChanger.html]

Renamer4Mac [http://renamer4mac.com/batch-rename-files-on-mac-osx.html] - now shareware but older versions may still be free.

psrenamer [http://www.powersurgepub.com/downloads.html#psrenamer] - Java based (=slightly slow) free utility.

Name Mangler [http://www.manytricks.com/namemangler/] - requires OS 10.5+, but File List [http://www.manytricks.com/download/filelist] is an older version for pre-10.5.

[http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/] - $20

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Answer 2

Apr 17, 2012 8:44 AM in response to peppitos

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# This script assumes you are
# familiar with the command line
# and know what an absolute path is.
# Use at your own risk

# Replace <volume name> with the actual name

find /Volumes/"<volume name>" -name "*.doc" | while read FILE
do
    NEWNAME="${FILE%/*.doc}/report.doc"
    mv "$FILE" "$NEWNAME"
done

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