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How to choose directory name during untarring
Say I have file named ugly_name.tar, which when extracted, becomes ugly_name directory. What command can I use such that the resulting directory name is pretty_name instead?
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Multiple renaming files [duplicate]
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How to clean up file extensions?
I'd like to rename files with extension .flac.mp3 to extension .mp3.
I used the following command
$ for i in *; do mv $i `echo $i | sed ...
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How to overwrite target files with mv?
I have a ton of files and dirs in a subdirectory I want to move to the parent directory. There are already some files and dirs in the target directory which need to be overwritten. Files that are only ...
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Selective recursive move?
Is there a command like
mv --preserve-structure src src/1 src/2/3 dst
which creates dst/1 and dst/2/3? It should work similar to mv src/* dst, but move only the subtrees listed.
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Restoring backup files
I have a directory in which are listed some .py files and some .py.bak files. I want to delete the .py files and restore the backup file renaming them *.py. Is there a shell script that can do this? ...
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mv failed halfway through - is source directory intact
I ran mv a-folder /home/me on a machine and half way through the move the destination device filled up.
a-folder was made up of folders and files in various subdirectories.
Does mv leave the source ...
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How do open files behave on linux systems?
I just renamed a log file to "foo.log.old", and assumed that the application will start writing a new logfile at "foo.log". I was surprised to discover that it tracked the logfile to its new name, and ...
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rename directory of images numeric
I'm trying to rename a directory full of images like so:
test.jpg
funny.gif
sad.png
filename.PNG
filenaaskjas.JPG
to:
1.jpg
2.gif
3.png
4.png
5.jpg
I've got it working ...
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Copy/rename multiple files using regular expression (shell script)
I have a collection of files matching a pattern such as 'assignment02.cc', 'assignment02.h', 'assignment02.txt', etc. I would like to copy/rename these files into 'assignment03.cc', 'assignment03.h', ...
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How can I rename photos, given the EXIF data?
Let's say I have a bunch of photos, all with correct EXIF information, and the photos are randomly named (because of a problem I had). I have a little program called jhead which gives me the below ...
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How to clean up file extensions?
I have a directories with .MP3 files which I'd like to change the extensions to .mp3. What's the easiest way to do this? I'm think something along the lines of:
find /RootPath -type f -iname "*.mp3" ...
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bulk rename (or correctly display) files with special characters
I have a bunch of directories and subdirectories that contain files with special characters, like this file:
robbie@phil:~$ ls test�sktest.txt
test?sktest.txt
Find reveals an escape sequence:
...
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How do you move all files (including hidden) in a directory to another?
How do I move all files in a directory (including the hidden ones) to another directory?
For example, if I have a folder "Foo" with the files ".hidden" and "notHidden" inside, how do I move both ...
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How to rename a file into a random GUID?
The task is to replace a file's (actually of all the files in a directory) name (but leave extension intact) with a random UUID/GUID. Any ideas on how to do this?
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Lowercasing all directories under a directory
I want to lowercase every directories' name under a directory. With which commands can I do that?
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How do you bulk move files up one directory safely?
How can I move files up a directory where there might be hundreds or thousands of files in the directory, and you might not be sure about whether there are dupes in ... What method would you use?
How ...
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How do I correct a directory incorrectly copied into itself?
Given the following situation...
<path>/mydir1/mydir2
...where mydir2 should have overwritten mydir1, but was instead placed inside, and both directories actually have the same filename. How ...
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Strategies for maintaining a reference to a file after it was moved or renamed?
I've had a mac at work lately, and was amazed to see that Xcode would still find my latest project after I renamed its folder and moved it someplace else.
Now I understand that this is the result of ...
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How can I move files and view the progress (e.g. with a progress bar)?
When moving large directories using mv, is there a way to view the progress (%)?
The cp command on gentoo had a -g switch that showed the progress.
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Command-line mv exclusion list
Is there a way to mv,cp, or any file operation such that I could specify all the files I don't want affected?
For example, say I have a folder with the files file1, file2, and file3, and I want to ...
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How can I move files by type recursively from a directory and its sub-directories to another directory?
What would be a good way to move a file type from a directory and all of its sub-directories?
Like "move all *.ogg in /thisdir recursively to /somedir". I tried a couple of things; my best effort was ...
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Batch renaming files
I have a directory full of images:
image0001.png
image0002.png
image0003.png
...
And I would like a one-liner to rename them to (say).
0001.png
0002.png
0003.png
...
How do I do this?
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the slash (/) after a directory name on shell commands
I have a little question here.
If I have two files, say filea and fileb, mv filea fileb would
delete fileb
rename filea to fileb
Then if I have two directories, say dira and dirb, mv dira dirb ...
