Rename files folder and strings in files

rename.txt

To quickly start with a new custom module is can be convenient to copy an exisiting. But you then need a quick way to rename files, folders and string within files.

##Rename files and folders
Look for files that contain STRINGTOLOOKFOR in name:

`find . -name "STRINGTOLOOKFOR*" -exec rename -v 's/STRINGTOLOOKFOR/STRINGTOREPLACEWITH/i' {} \;`

For example:

`find . -name "bcca_tools*" -exec rename -v 's/bcca_tools/project_tools/i' {} \;`

## Rename strings inside files

cd into folder that holds the files:

`cd project_tools/`

Replace all occurences of 'STRINGTOLOOKFOR' with 'STRINGTOREPLACEWITH'

`find ./ -type f -exec sed -i 's/STRINGTOLOOKFOR/STRINGTOREPLACEWITH/i' {} \;`

For example:

`find ./ -type f -exec sed -i 's/bcca_tools/project_tools/i' {} \;`

## Cleanup filenames

bash script to clean up filenames

    #! /bin/bash
    find ./ -name "* *" -type f | rename 's/_/-/g'  
    find ./ -name "* *" -type f | rename 's/ /-/g'  
    for f in *; do mv "$f" "`echo $f | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"`"; done
    find ./ -type f -exec bash -c 'mv "$1" "$(iconv -f UTF8 -t ASCII//TRANSLIT <<< $1)"' -- {} \;