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How do I rename all files index.php containing a certain folder in the path?

I want to rename all wordpress admin index files into index_disabled in the folder /var/www/ I need a script like find /var/www/ -path '*wp-admin/index.php' -exec mv {} $(dirname ...
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Incomplete netdom computername /add: on 2008 DC

Have been following a technet article on how to rename Server 2008 DCs following a change of our disaster recovery site. All went well on the first DC I tried and the new name is showing up. I ran ...
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Batch rename files using PowerShell or other

I have a folder of images taken on two different mobile phones. The two phones use slightly different file name formats. I want to change one of them to match the other so I have a neat photo album. ...
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Preparing DNS for AD Domain Rename

So I am currently gathering information in regards to renaming our AD domain name from company.net to company.local. I am reading through the docs on technet.microsoft.com and It states that I would ...
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Batch rename files [closed]

There are lots of questions asked about batch renaming already, but I think my problem is a bit different. I need to rename a lot of files by switching around the components of the filename. Example: ...
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Batch rename removing second letter in filename

I have about 300 .pst files that I have exported from Exchange 2010. Eventually, I'm going to import them into another Exchange/AD environment. In the original environment, the user names are as ...
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Rename tons of files

How can I rename all the files with a pattern like this: thumb_f318d8a580ca5717d686a323b6c2ca0d.jpg0000777 thumb_f18d8aup90ca5717d686a323b6c2c5uh.jpg0000777 ...
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zfs rename/move root filesystem into child

Similar question exists but the solution (using mv) is awful because in this case it works as "copy, then remove" rather than pure "move". So, I created a pool: zpool create tank /dev/loop0 and ...
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rename multiple files with unique name [closed]

I have a tab-delimited list of hundreds of names in the following format old_name new_name apple orange yellow blue All of my files have unique names and end with *.txt extension and ...
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Caveats when renaming a server and giving a new server the old server's name?

We have a new 2008 R2 server to be replacing a 2003 R2 server (which is a DC and has DNS/DHCP/DFS/etc.). Here's an outline of my plan... Rename the old server to ServerOld Give the new server the ...
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How to rename libc.a back

I am working on AIX 6.1 and inadvertently renamed /usr/lib/libc.a to usr/lib/libc.a_ Just as I renamed I realized my stupid mistake. Almost all of the commands mv, cp, ftp etc ( except cd ) have ...
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How do I rename multiple files by removing characters in bash?

I have to rename multiple files in directory by removing first 5 characters for each filename. How can I do this i bash/shell? I'm using Ubuntu 11.10. Thanks.
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Is it possible to have my Company to be assigned to IP address

I have no idea how IP allocation works, but i rented VPS from one provider along with 5 IP addresses, now this provider hosts servers at Dimenoc. When i see whoise record for my IP address i see ...
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How to copy a file with filename “+” and rename it?

I have a file named +13x18_DSC_0800.JPG on a linux server (Please don't ask me how it got there as I have no idea how it got there). I wish to rename it to 13x18_DSC_0800.JPG. However I have not ...
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Renaming Domain Controller Went Weird… Help?

I have a small network with a single domain controller, running Windows Server 2008 R2. All was going well until just now. I had previously had a Windows Server 2003 DC. I demoted it to a workstation ...
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How do I rename a mysql table in php?

I have tried all sorts of things to get a table renamed from php, including mysqli (code below) and mysql_connect/mysql_query. I have tried rename table and alter table. In the example below ...
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Automating the rename of a SQL Server

We're in the process of replacing our SQL Server and have decided that renaming the server itself is going to be much easier than changing everything else to point to a new name. We found instructions ...
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How can I rename a shortname in OpenLDAP on OS X Server 10.6 (Invalid DN syntax (34))

The company I work for is running OS X Server 10.6. All of the users were created with a first.last username syntax. This is causing problems and so we are trying to change the usernames to ...
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how to rename a remote file on linux with script

I would like to have a (bash) script to rename a file on multiple remote linux servers any idea how to do it? thanks.
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How to bulk rename files to remove an extraneous space from before the extension

I have a bunch of files who's filename follows the pattern 'filename.ext'. eg: filename .ext I would like to rename all of these to remove the space before the .ext. eg: filename.ext I can find ...
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Why has Computer been created in Computers OU after renaming?

I had a workstation back in for rebuild, noted the computer name (PC-001), and reinstalled XP. Whilst that was happening I reset the PC-001 computer account in AD. The following day (plenty of time ...
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php scripts run only after renaming

That's really strange :So after i upload a folder with php files on another service,and try to execute them from a browser,i get 500 error.If i open a file in a text editor,save it with different name ...
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Rename folder using wildcard windows

I've got a piece of software that includes its own backup utility, but it generates folder names with the current date and time appended. I'd like to write batch script that will remove the date/time ...
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Renaming domain (2008 R2) with SharePoint 2010

Does anyone have clear steps how to approach SharePoint 2010 when renaming domain. We need to rename single labeled domain before introducing Exchange 2010 and many other stuff in our network. What ...
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Rename a machine after oracle (XE) installation

I am looking for a quick solution for the following problem: I have one virtual machines (vmware) I want to be able to give to colleagues (copy of the vm). I installed on the machine Oracle XE ...
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Rename Active Directory domain following Windows 2000 -> 2008 migration

I'm working with a site that needs an internal DNS domain rename. It currently has a DNS name of domain.abc.com and NT name of ABC. I'm trying to get to a DNS name of abctrading.com and NT name of ...
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renaming hard drives (sdc to sdb) on the fly

ata2: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) kernel: [2761026.198796] ata2: soft resetting link kernel: [2761031.226669] ata2.00: disabled kernel: [2761031.226720] ata2: EH complete ...
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Renaming a Domain Controller

how can i rename a domain controller in windows server 2003?
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How can I rename open files on Windows 2008 Server?

Some computers in our network have moved from Windows 2003 Server to Windows 2008 Server, and I found that a feature is no longer available which we used to replace applications (executable files) on ...
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Are there any issues with changing the hostname on an existing MySQL server?

I know that changing the Windows hostname on an existing MS SQL server can cause problems if you don't update certain things within MS SQL. Are there any similar issues with changing the Windows ...
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How to rename multiple files by replacing word in file name?

Replace ACDC to AC-DC For example we have these files ACDC - Rock N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution.xxx ACDC - Rocker.xxx ACDC - Shoot To Thrill.xxx I want them to become: AC-DC - ...
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Recursively rename files using find and sed

I want to go through a bunch of directories and rename all files that end in _test.rb to end in _spec.rb instead. It's something I've never quite figured out how to do with bash so this time I thought ...
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Batch file code to find and rename all files ending in a space?

We host Macintosh files on our Windows 2008 servers. They have files like somegraphic.eps ._somegraphics.eps (hidden) Many times our users will add non-standard characters to the files, like ...
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Batch rename via command line?

I have a Media Temple (dv) server which I am setting Magento up on. I have uploaded a few thousand images to the /media/import directory that the client has provided me with. The problem is, some ...
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how to change my domain Name to new one in Ubuntu Apache PHP?

I need help. Currently I am using Ubuntu Apache server with PHP. My server name is some rt-arr-php. I want to change it to rtapp.arr.edu Please help me. Thanks, Raj
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Server 2003 won't let me rename the computer

I've got a windows server 2003 (standard edition) partition running as a non-domain computer. I attempt to rename the computer and update the description using the My Computer -> Properties window, ...
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Tool or script to detect moved or renamed files on Linux prior to a backup

Basically I am searching to see if there exists a tool or script that can detect moved or renamed files so that I can get a list of renamed/moved files and apply the same operation on the other end of ...
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Rename files for web

Do you know any smart script to rename files for web format? (replace all non ASCII characters, spaces, transliterate unicode chars, change case etc.) eg. my ójf ćżpd - ąąv - hźóż HŹŃÓKŁFU.jpg to ...
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Local references to old server name remain after Windows 2003 server rename

I have a standalone Win 2003 server with Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS3) running on it. I had to rename the server and I had bunch of problems resulting from this. Note that the server is not in AD ...
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Batch renaming 32000 files - splitting into multiple subdirectories

I've got a web server which has files uploaded to it. There is a script which assigns them numeric IDs and stores them in a corresponding subdirectory. I've now got 32000 of these uploads and that's ...
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How to rename database without first stopping SQL instance to flush connections

Is there a way to force a database into single user mode so a script can be run to rename databases? I find I have to Restart the instance of SQL (to force off any connections from a web app, etc.) ...
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SQL server structure refactoring

Often in my c# code, I can change the name of a variable, and all references to it will change as well. Is there a similar feature that allows me to do this with objects in SQL servers? Some of my ...
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Disable the status message in the remote desktop window

OK I've been searching for about 2 1/2 hours now and can't seem to find an answer. I am using Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3. I work with window's remote desktop everyday to connect to clients. My ...
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How to rename an oracle database?

I am running Oracle 11g on windows 2003. What are the steps to rename database? I had followed the steps in http://www.ordba.net/Tutorials/OracleUtilities~DBNEWID.htm but I can't get past the error, ...
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Rename/Move file only if destination does not exist

I would like to know if there is any way a file can be moved only if the destination does not exist - in other words, move only if it does not lead to overwriting. mv --update seemed first to be ...
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Can Mercurial repositories safely be moved/renamed/etc.?

Can I move the directory a local Mercurial repository is contained in without breaking it, or does it know where it lives and expect it to live there forever? (Coming from SVN with its ...
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Linux renaming files to add _00 after filename before extension

What am I missing here, this seems so simple yet I cant get it to work. I have a directory with files like AGPNDRAH01.jpg I want a directory with files like AGPNDRAH01_00.jpg rename ...
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How can I rename a file in novell sever?

My Server is using netware 4.X, I am one of their client. I can map the drive in F:\ for example, and I want to rename the file which is located in F:\ , but I get follow error: Duplicate file ...
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Rename an account from XP command prompt

How can I rename a local user account from the XP command prompt? Is there a NET.EXE personality that I've missed? (I also didn't see anything under Useful Commandline Commands on Windows.) Thanks. ...
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Negative aspects of hiding file extensions in Windows

At my company we work with a lot PDF files. We rename them often; hundreds of pdf files a week and almost all of them have to be renamed. I have always configured windows to show file extensions. ...

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