Question

Is there a way for me to use the find command to recursively loop through a directory and strip a pattern from the filename?

For example, if I have:

styles.css?c=123456

as a saved file, I would like to be able to loop through the files and match anything that has the wildcard *.css?* and then turn that styles.css?c=123456 into styles.css.

Answer 1

Try this:

find -type f -name '*.css*' -exec echo 'FILE="{}"; mv ${FILE} ${FILE%\?*} ' \; | bash