Is there any smart way to rename multiple files on terminal with SVN command?

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I have many files to move and rename that's under SVN. The naming rule is below.

current path: /root/parent/child_01.html
new path:     /root/parent/child/article_01.html

I know I can rename with "svn move" command but I have about 50 files to rename with sequential numbers.

I found this this. It's very similar to my question but I want to do it with files that's under SVN.

So the general naming rule is `s{(\w*)_(\d*)\.html}{$1/article_$2.html}`? — SQB, Apr 24 '14 at 11:01
I use Mac OS 10.8.5. Thank you so much for answering my question! — user3567702, Apr 28 '14 at 01:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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The basic pattern would be the same as for the answers to the question you mentioned:

Find all files
Craft command
Execute command

For your specific situation, this would be something like:

find /tmp -regex ".*_\d+\.html$" -regextype posix-extended -type f -print0 | # find all html files with a number in the name
gawk 'BEGIN{ f = gensub(/(.*)(_\d+\.html)/, "\\1/article\\2", "g"); printf "svn mv %s %s\n", $0, f}' | # build svn command
bash # run command

NB: As a general warning, test scripts like this first by echoing instead of executing. I have not tested this as I don't have a shell at hand.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Apr 24 '14 at 11:35

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And now try to "translate" it into cmd.exe – Lazy Badger Apr 24 '14 at 11:50
@LazyBadger That's left as an exercise for the reader. The forward slashes indicated a Unix-like environment. Also, the linked question that was "very similar" used bash. But cmd should be doable. – SQB Apr 25 '14 at 06:34
*not easy* without find and gawk – Lazy Badger Apr 25 '14 at 09:08
_Doable_, not necessarily _easy_. – SQB Apr 25 '14 at 09:11

Is there any smart way to rename multiple files on terminal with SVN command?

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