[SOLVED] Change Substring of filename recursively in mac os

Issue

I'm trying to change the substring of a filename where it is contained within several sub folders. Currently I'm using rename with 'homebrew renaame' but am running into issues.

I'd like to change 'CorporateAssessments-' to 'CorporateAssessments'. Here is my current code:

for x in $(find . -name CorporateAssessments-\*); do
    rename 's/CorporateAssessments-/' *CorporateAssessments*
done

When running this I get this error "Substitution replacement not terminated at (eval 2) line 1." Any suggestions?

Solution

Assuming you have rename perl utility installed, you can use this find + rename:

find . -name 'CorporateAssessments[ -]*' -exec \
rename 's/(CorporateAssessments)[ -]/$1/' _ {} +

If you don't have rename utility installed then use this find + mv:

find . -name 'CorporateAssessments[ -]*' -exec \
bash -c 'mv "$1" "${1//[ -]}"' _ {} +

Answered By - anubhava

Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (WPSolving Volunteer)