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attentive/rename_prefixed_filesystem.sh

Created February 10, 2022 02:17
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Rename a filesystem where directories and files have some consistent prefix, with only the utilities available to msysGit Bash on Windows
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rename_prefixed_filesystem.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Do all the directories first
find . -name 'SomePrefix*' -type d | awk '{print "mv "$0" "gensub(/\/SomePrefix(.*)$/,"/SomeOtherPrefix\\1","g");}' | sh
# Then do all the files
find . -name 'SomePrefix*' -type f | awk '{print "mv "$0" "gensub(/\/SomePrefix(.*)$/,"/SomeOtherPrefix\\1","g");}' | sh
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Just putting this here because it's a wee bit magical and despite the relative obviousness of how it works, also surprisingly tricky to perfect anew each time I need it.

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