Ahh, so you need something like this:
for e in *; do mv "$e" "`echo $e | sed 's/[_]*//g'`"; done
which takes all the files in the current directory and removes the _
from their filename. So two_three-Four.mp3 becomes twothreefour.mp3
CB
On 12/12/11 2:52 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
what I was attempting to do was remove the underscore from between filename
elements. I have a huge number of mp3 files here.
I use terminal for some of this operation but I tend to lose track of where I
am.
-eric
On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
I guess I'm not clear what problem you are trying to solve. Are you trying to
add .mp3 to a bunch of files? If that's the case you could just do this in
terminal. Go to the folder with the mp3 files you want to add .mp3 to and do
this:
for e in *; do mv "$e" "`echo $e | sed -e ''`.mp3"; done
You'll find all the files now have .mp3 appended to the end. Warning, this will
also append .mp3 to folders so use with care. Probably ways to prevent that and
do recursion.
CB
On 12/12/11 2:03 AM, Eric Oyen wrote:
well,
I was facing the daunting task of renaming massive numbers of files
(specifically my mp3 library) and I hit upon an idea that I used to use in
windows: using an archive program to store the media files in (no compression)
and then append the proper extenuation after the file was made. the program in
this case is tar (Tape Archiver). after I get done using tar to create the
storage file, I erase the mp3's involved and then rename the file with the new
.mp3 extenuation. VIOLA! playable mp3 file that even works in itunes!
sometimes the old tricks are still the best.
this little trick not only cuts down the number of files in my library, but it
makes it easier to copy them to my various devices for playback.
-eric
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