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# Create multiple symlink by changing name with command find
- URL: https://www.bagz.fr/create-multiple-symlink-by-changing-name-with-command-find/
- Published: 2017-03-24T13:08:29.000Z
- Updated: 2017-03-24T13:08:29.000Z
- Author: bgazui
- Tags: Linux, #Migrated-1790668826633, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-29 08:00

Let's imagine that we have the following directory listing:

$ ls -ls /data/db1/  
total 4778688  
 1488 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 760264 Feb 14 00:20 database\_2016\_file1  
 496 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 251529 Dec 29 12:45 database\_2016\_file2  
 808960 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 414187520 Jan 30 10:20 database\_2016\_file3  
 344 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 172544 Mar 18 00:42 database\_2016\_file4  
 958528 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 490764886 Feb 7 12:18 database\_2016\_file5  
 19480 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 9970189 Mar 2 17:31 database\_2016\_file6  
2813952 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 1440743424 Mar 20 10:00 database\_2016\_file7  
 160336 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 82088969 Mar 22 10:30 database\_2016\_file8  
 14632 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 7490048 Mar 16 16:13 database\_2016\_file9  
 104 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 51525 Mar 2 16:18 database\_2016\_idx1  
 32 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 16114 Dec 14 18:55 database\_2016\_idx2  
 144 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 71056 Dec 6 13:32 database\_2016\_idx3  
 40 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 18214 Mar 9 12:38 database\_2016\_idx4  
 104 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 8686 Jan 5 09:10 database\_2016\_idx5  
 48 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 21316 Dec 14 20:01 database\_2016\_idx6  

We would like to get a copy of those files named 2016 with a new name for the 2017 year, but we need to keep same content and retro-compatibility. For that, it's easier to create some symbolic links of all those files instead of doing copies.

You can so use this command for creating those symlinks:

find /data/db1/ -type f -name "database\_2016\*" -exec bash -c 'ln -s $1 ${1/2016/2017}' -- {} ;  

We are now getting this, as expected:

$ ls -ls /data/db1/  
total 4778808  
 1488 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 760264 Feb 14 00:20 database\_2016\_file1  
 496 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 251529 Dec 29 12:45 database\_2016\_file2  
 808960 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 414187520 Jan 30 10:20 database\_2016\_file3  
 344 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 172544 Mar 18 00:42 database\_2016\_file4  
 958528 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 490764886 Feb 7 12:18 database\_2016\_file5  
 19480 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 9970189 Mar 2 17:31 database\_2016\_file6  
2813952 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 1440743424 Mar 20 10:00 database\_2016\_file7  
 160336 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 82088969 Mar 22 10:30 database\_2016\_file8  
 14632 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 7490048 Mar 16 16:13 database\_2016\_file9  
 104 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 51525 Mar 2 16:18 database\_2016\_idx1  
 32 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 16114 Dec 14 18:55 database\_2016\_idx2  
 144 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 71056 Dec 6 13:32 database\_2016\_idx3  
 40 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 18214 Mar 9 12:38 database\_2016\_idx4  
 104 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 8686 Jan 5 09:10 database\_2016\_idx5  
 48 -rw-r--r-- 1 dbmaster 21316 Dec 14 20:01 database\_2016\_idx6  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 30 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_file1 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_file1  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 30 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_file2 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_file2  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 30 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_file3 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_file3  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 30 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_file4 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_file4  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 30 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_file5 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_file5  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 30 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_file6 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_file6  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 30 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_file7 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_file7  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 30 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_file8 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_file8  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 30 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_file9 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_file9  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 29 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_idx1 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_idx1  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 29 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_idx2 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_idx2  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 29 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_idx3 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_idx3  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 29 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_idx4 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_idx4  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 29 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_idx5 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_idx5  
 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 dbmaster 29 Mar 24 13:59 database\_2017\_idx6 -> /data/db1/database\_2016\_idx6