Gee. All that code just to do that? I don't get it.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
