From: Gabriel Dragffy <gabe@...>
Date: 2007-09-28T18:04:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Recursing through directories


On 27 Sep 2007, at 16:35, Rob Biedenharn wrote:


>
> If you want to rename files having names that meet some pattern,  
> why don't you start with print the names like this (files having  
> "foo" somewhere in their name):
>
> Dir['**/*'].each {|f| puts f if f =~ /foo/ }
>
> but beware that Dir['**/*'] is going to plow through the directory  
> structure and make an array (a big one) of all the file names  
> before the block gets to see any of those names.
>
> Perhaps you'd get some better answers if you post what you're  
> trying to accomplish, the attempt you've made (or what you think  
> should work), and the actual results you see.
>
> Also, note that my example starts from the current directory (which  
> was ~/ in my case).  It's always better to get a script like yours  
> working on a small bit of known data (and perhaps be non- 
> destructive) before turning it loose on your entire disk.  (In my  
> case, it found many files that were throwaway "foo" files, but also  
> many with "foot", "footnote", "food", and "footer" that were  
> clearly not throwaway files.)

Hi Rob

Thanks for your help.

What I am trying to achieve is replace the slashes (/) in file/ 
directory names under a certain directory. So, for example, I want to  
recursively rename offending files that are under /Volumes, but I  
don't want them moved from their current directory... just renamed.  
What's the best way to go about that?

Regards

Gabe