Make it easy to bulk replace symlink targets with a common pattern.

retargetsym.sh

#!/bin/bash

for sym in $(find $1 -type l); do
  target=$(readlink $sym)
  new=${target/$2/$3}

  echo "Retargeting '$sym' to '$new'.."
  rm $sym && ln -s $new $sym
done

Retarget symlinks

Make it easy to bulk replace symlink targets with a common pattern.

Usage

$ ./retargetsym.sh 'path/**/links/*' '/old/path' '/new/path'

How it works

1. It looks for symlinks matching the passed pattern.
2. It determines the target of each symlink.
3. It determines the new target by looking for a string and replacing it with another one.
4. It deletes the symlink and creates a new one with the new target.