How to rename everything matching a certain string in a folder
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Hello Everyone
I am running Linux and I have some basic console knowledge but my current problem is quite difficult and I dont know how to achieve this.
I want/need to rename everything within a folder that matches a given string. By everything I mean
- folders/files
- content within a file
- content in hidden files
Basically I want to refactor a Java-project. Sure, I could use Eclipse to handle the replacing, but this leaves out the folders or resources outside of my workspace.
I was thinking of a script that could do the job for me but this seems rather tricky. For instance when it comes to folder-/file-rename I want to replace only the part of the name that matches my string, the rest should remain untouched.
Maybe someone already has something like this in his/her script-collection :-)
Thanks in advance
Marc
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