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June 16th, 2006, 01:04 PM
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Unix wildcards
Can anyone help me with renaming files that have an * in the name? I am looking for a script that can automate this process. Manually, I have no problem as I just use an \. I have an enormous directory structure that I need to re-name & copy with thousands of files & at least 50% have 1 or 2 * in the name. I need to accomplish this in KSH.
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June 16th, 2006, 09:37 PM
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If they are imbedded in the file name then you should be alright, but to be more certain put the source name in quotes - "", if you are using variables, or ''.
If you are 'drilling' down through sub-dirs as well, tehn I assume you are doing some form of find, so a find <basedir> -type f -exec <command> "{}" \; will help - replacing <command> with what you want to do and <basedir> form where you want the find to start (. will be current directory). As you say you are renaming/copying I presume you have a plan on how to rename and copy? A bit more info on that would enable better suggestions to be voiced.
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