How to rename a part of file using find command in directory and sub directories

Question

I have a lots of log file in a directory and it's sub directory named as dataupload_sales_.xxx.com.dat. I wanted to change all files xxx.com part to yyy.com in current and sub directories.

i hope it's not a duplicate post as i have search the forum and tried few option but none of them worked. some post suggested to use rename and it's only rename in single file. where i have 5000+ sub directories in my directory and every sub directories have 100+ .dat files.

i have also tried

find ./ -name "xxx.com" -exec bash -c 'mv $0 $(echo "$0" | sed -r \"s|xxx.com|yyy.com|g\")' '{}' \;

it shows invalid directory error

..But also http://askubuntu.com/questions/406313/change-multiple-filenames-by-replacing-a-character and a few more... — Jacob Vlijm, Feb 23 '16 at 09:53

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 23 '16 at 12:57

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From folder you want to change file names recursively:

find . -name '*.xxx.com.dat' -exec rename 's/xxx/yyy/' -- {} +

edited Feb 23 '16 at 12:57

David Foerster

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answered Feb 23 '16 at 09:47

EdiD

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Thank You for your answer, it will change files in sub directory's too. – Himel Feb 23 '16 at 09:51
supposed to do it – EdiD Feb 23 '16 at 10:00

How to rename a part of file using find command in directory and sub directories

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