Script to slightly alter folder/name.

[stergil]

I'm struggling with automatically renaming a regular download.

Both the folder it gets moved to as well as the filename needs to use "&" instead of "and".

I'm using CentOS Linux and have a filter setup for the download already to trigger a script, I'm just not able to make the script operate as desired.

Any help is appreciated

[sander]

If you would post the script and tell what works and what not, maybe others can help.

[exussum]

rename -n-v 's/and/&/' *

should work

[stergil]

rename -n-v 's/and/&/' *

should work

Thanks for the quick response! It looks like that rename command will work real well on the file.

However, how do I get it moved to the proper folder?

So for example:

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/files/Some and Show/Season 2/Some.and.Show.S02E04.avi

needs to be moved and renamed to:

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/files/Some & Show/Season 2/Some.&.Show.S02E04.avi

Looks like I can easily get to the extract path with $1 & rename the file, but how do I figure out what season folder the file needs to be moved to?

Or am I over-thinking it, is there an easier way?

[sander]

If

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rename -n-v 's/and/&/' *

works, how about

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rename -n-v 's/and/&/' *
rename -n-v 's/and/&/' */*
rename -n-v 's/and/&/' */*/*

So: going three levels deep. I have not tested this, but it looks logical to me.