[Gnu-arch-users] Example: renaming files and files references within arch

[Mark Stosberg]

Hello,

Here's how I solved a need to rename and re-reference a bunch of files
managed by tla. I wanted to rename all my ".tmpl" files to ".html". The 
files needed to be moved on the file system, and all code references to
".tmpl" updated. Here's how I did it:

 # 1. Find all files named .tmpl and rename them to .html
 for f in `find html_root -name '*.tmpl'`; {
   tla mv $f  `perl -e '($p) = $ARGV[0]; $p =~ 
s/(.*)\/([\w\-]+).tmpl/$1\/$2.html/; print $p' $f` ;
 }
 
 # 2. while protecting the {arch} directory, rename all references in the code 
from '.tmpl' to '.html'
 chmod -R -w '{arch}'
 grep -Rl '.tmpl' * | xargs perl -pi -e 's/\.tmpl/.html/g'
 chmod -R +w '{arch}'

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Any suggestions for easier ways to accomplish these steps (especially the first?

        Mark

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