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  | #!/bin/bash | |
| # update `/search/path/dir`, `/old/link/path`, and `/new/link/path` | |
| find /search/path/dir -type l | while read link; do | |
| target=$(readlink "$link") | |
| if [[ "$target" == "/old/link/path"* ]]; then | |
| suffix="${target#/old/link/path}" | |
| newtarget="/new/link/path$suffix" | |
| echo "Updating: $link -> $newtarget" | |
| # Comment these two lines out for a dry run with no changes | |
| rm "$link" | |
| ln -s "$newtarget" "$link" | |
| fi | |
| done | 
  
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findfirst to just list the links that might need to be updated:find /search/path/dir -type l -exec ls -la {} \; | grep "/old/link/path"