Change Read Only Directory Names

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I'm using a HTTP remote to read files of a tv-series webserver. As we know HTTP remote's are read-only but I want to edit directory names somehow. As like a directory name is saved on the server as "13 Reasons Why (TV Series 2017– ) 720p". I want to change the directory name to "13 Reasons Why (2017– ) 720p". My plex sever can't match the shows metadata just because the directory name has "TV Series". I want to remove it. Is it possible to edit all directories name somehow ?

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hello and welcome to the forum,

so the media files are on a http server?

for plex,
are you downloading the files, using a rclone mount to the web server or what?

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Create symlinks on your local filsystem. But that solutions seems about as cumbersome as just manually matching names in plex

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You could automate it with a script though?

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Sorry for the delay.
Yeah I've created a cache remote for that http remote & mounted it. Plex look at the Mounted directory.

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How to do so? Can you help me ?
I'm actually newbie in linux. If you give me a script, it'll be helpful.

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You'd do something like

  • list all the directories
  • match ones with "TV Series" in them
  • remove the "TV Series"
  • then link the old name with the new name with ln

Sorry I'm out of time to write a script for you so hopefully that will give you a hint!

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Sorry but again I'm newbie here !!

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