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rename multiple files from different directories at once – Ubuntu

I have thousands of files in different folders that I would like to rename with their directories and, but less importantly, edit a few details after.

As a structure example:

FOLDER A

---> folder 1

- 1.jpg
- 2.jpg

---> folder 2

- 1.jpg
- 2.jpg

FOLDER B

---> folder 1

- 1.jpg
- 2.jpg

...

The end name should be: FOLDER A_folder 1_1.jpg …etc

and the less important edit: FOLDER A - 1_1.jpg …etc

I don’t know if it’s relevant, but I have Ubuntu and from the terminal I’ve test tried this:

for file in Folders*/*/*/*.jpg; do
  mv "$file" "${file////_}";
done

It correctly renames the files with their paths but simultaneously extracts them and put them in the main folder, how do I avoid that?

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  1. 0

    This should do the trick:

    SAVEIFS=$IFS
IFS=$(echo -en "nb")
for f1 in `ls`; 
    do for f2 in `ls "$f1"`; 
        do for f3 in `ls $f1/$f2`; 
            do mv "$f1/$f2/$f3" "$f1/$f2/${f1}_${f2}_$f3"; 
        done; 
    done; 
done
IFS=$SAVEIFS
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  2. 0

    You need to add the path to the "target" file (the second parameter of the mv command) since you replaced all / with _ practically removing the path and making it part of the new name:

    for file in FOLDER*/*/*; do
    mv "$file" "$(dirname "$file")/${file////_}";
done

    TEST

    Directories and files before running the loop:

    $ find .
.
./FOLDER B
./FOLDER B/folder 2
./FOLDER B/folder 2/2.jpg
./FOLDER B/folder 2/1.jpg
./FOLDER B/folder 1
./FOLDER B/folder 1/2.jpg
./FOLDER B/folder 1/1.jpg
./FOLDER A
./FOLDER A/folder 2
./FOLDER A/folder 2/2.jpg
./FOLDER A/folder 2/1.jpg
./FOLDER A/folder 1
./FOLDER A/folder 1/2.jpg
./FOLDER A/folder 1/1.jpg
$

    Renaming the files and the results:

    $ for file in FOLDER*/*/*; do
>     mv "$file" "$(dirname "$file")/${file////_}";
> done
$ find .
.
./FOLDER B
./FOLDER B/folder 2
./FOLDER B/folder 2/FOLDER B_folder 2_1.jpg
./FOLDER B/folder 2/FOLDER B_folder 2_2.jpg
./FOLDER B/folder 1
./FOLDER B/folder 1/FOLDER B_folder 1_1.jpg
./FOLDER B/folder 1/FOLDER B_folder 1_2.jpg
./FOLDER A
./FOLDER A/folder 2
./FOLDER A/folder 2/FOLDER A_folder 2_1.jpg
./FOLDER A/folder 2/FOLDER A_folder 2_2.jpg
./FOLDER A/folder 1
./FOLDER A/folder 1/FOLDER A_folder 1_1.jpg
./FOLDER A/folder 1/FOLDER A_folder 1_2.jpg
$

    As for your "less important edit," you can rename the files again, like this:

    for file in FOLDER*/*/*; do
    mv "$file" "${file//_folder/ -}";
done

    Note that you don’t need to add the path here since the _folder to - substitution done to the file variable only affects the file name and not the path.

    Final result:

    $ find .
.
./FOLDER B
./FOLDER B/folder 2
./FOLDER B/folder 2/FOLDER B - 2_1.jpg
./FOLDER B/folder 2/FOLDER B - 2_2.jpg
./FOLDER B/folder 1
./FOLDER B/folder 1/FOLDER B - 1_1.jpg
./FOLDER B/folder 1/FOLDER B - 1_2.jpg
./FOLDER A
./FOLDER A/folder 2
./FOLDER A/folder 2/FOLDER A - 2_1.jpg
./FOLDER A/folder 2/FOLDER A - 2_2.jpg
./FOLDER A/folder 1
./FOLDER A/folder 1/FOLDER A - 1_1.jpg
./FOLDER A/folder 1/FOLDER A - 1_2.jpg
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