issuing a bash command in multiple directories from a unix shell

Question

I need to execute a short script that just renames a few files (mv).

The script is in about 50 folders, each folder is named and currently I'm executing them from the shell and moving to the next folder using:

bash rename && cd ../folder01

Then pressing up and changing the last digit(s).

Is there a way to execute the script in all folders in one line?

phihag · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-05 11:19:13Z

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Sure, use a for loop:

for f in folder*; do (cd "$f" && bash rename) ; done

answered Jul 5, 2013 at 11:19

phihag

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2 Comments

you also don't neet to copy your script in each and every folder

@arashkordi I was copying it using 'echo folder{10..49} | xargs -n 1 cp script'