Renaming files recursively according to standard given in Linux commands

Replaces ls with find, it will bring up the list of files and sub-files. Something like:

find . -name "*.txt" | rename "s/$1/$2/g"

The dot brings the local directory, but you can even replace it with other directories, eg

find /home/diretorio_de_usuario -name "*.txt" | rename "s/$1/$2/g"

I made a script to rename screen capture files that appeared in DESKTOP: image.sh

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Desktop/
j=0
IFS="\n"
for i in 'ls *.png'
do
  j=$(($j+1))
    if [ ! -e $1"$j".png ] ; then
      mv $i $1"$j".png
    else
    continue
    fi
done
cd -

How does the script work?

  

You run the script by providing an argument that will be the prefix of the names.   Ex: $ sh image.sh <prefixo> .

  

Command Output:

     

prefixo1.png, prefixo2.png, etc...

     

The script is designed to list .png images, but this can be modified by putting it to be information passed by the command line with argument.

  

If new images are inserted into the directory it will rename it from the last stop.

  

I suggest you make some additional scripts to apply the above code to each existing directory. It could be: $ find . -type d that will list all directories where you are. The xargs command can be very useful for manipulating find output.

There are endless possibilities!

I hope I have helped!