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linux rename file names recursively

I need to recursively rename bash-sdl2-compile.sh to compile.sh
Attempts to use 'rename' fail, apparently a security feature doesn't allow the 'bash' word i.e.

find ./ -name "bash-sdl2-compile.sh" -print0 | xargs -0 rename "bash-sdl2-compile.sh" "bash-sdl2-compile/compile"

error message: Bareword "bash" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at (user-supplied code). xargs: rename: exited with status 255; aborting

How can I recursively rename linux files?

    dir1
       |_project1
                |_ bash-sdl2-compile.sh
    dir2
       |_project2
                |_ bash-sdl2-compile.sh
    dir3
       |_project3
                |_ bash-sdl2-compile.sh
  . . .

So, rename each "bash-sdl2-compile.sh" to just "compile.sh"

Solution

  • No need to use xargs, find is enough:

    find . -name bash-sdl2-compile.sh -execdir mv -i {} compile.sh ";"

    (make a backup of your whole tree before trying this)