I run it but it has error. sed 's/^dir-192\.168/dir-10\.0/'` sed: read error on dir-192.168.0.31: Is a directory --- Toby Bluhm <tkb at MidwestInstruments.com> wrote: > Toby Bluhm wrote: > > adrian kok wrote: > >> Hi Phil > >> > >> thank you > >> > >> But I have several hundred those pattern > directories! > >> > >> I did think to cat those directories in a file > >> "olddir" > >> > >> eg: > >> > >> dir-192.168.30.0 dir-192.168.30.144 > dir-192.168.30.184 > >> ........................................ > >> > >> and sed 's/dir-192.168/dir-10.0/g' olddir > > newdir > >> > >> but i don't know how to move > >> rename the directories in olddir to newdir > >> > >> Thank you again > >> > >> > >> > > > > Assuming dir-192.168* are all in one directory > level, cd to that dir: > > > > for olddir in `ls -1 | grep dir-192.168` > > do > > newdir=`echo $olddir | sed > 's/^dir-192.168/dir-10.0/'` > > mv $olddir $newdir > > done > > > > > > That sed line should be: > 's/^dir-192\.168/dir-10\.0/'` > > > -- > Toby Bluhm > Midwest Instruments Inc. > 30825 Aurora Road Suite 100 > Solon Ohio 44139 > 440-424-2240 > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com