John,
Here's a short little script that will do only what you
asked. It works within a single directory and, as written,
will not descend a directory tree. It will replace one
space or consecutive spaces in a file name with a single
underscore. As you can see, you must supply the directory
name on the command line. Any additional error checking is
left as an exercise for the reader.
BTW, I borrowed some from the aforementioned article in SW
Expert, so I give credit where it's due.
------
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
echo ""
echo "Usage: `basename $0` <dir> or `basename $0` .
(for current directory)"
echo "Aborting..."
echo ""
exit 1
fi
save_dir=`pwd`
cd $1
find . -name "* *" -maxdepth 1 | while read name
do
mv "$name" `echo "$name" | sed "s/[ ][ ]*/ /g" | sed "s/[
]/_/g"`
done
cd $save_dir
exit 0
--------
Cheers,
Ed
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:39, John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Ed Alexander wrote:
> > There was an article in "Server/Workstation Expert"
> > magazine last October which explained in detail how
> > to do exactly what you're asking. Get the file:
> >
> > http://swexpert.com/C2/SE.C2.OCT.00.pdf
> >
> Ed... I know you're probably working on the old "give a
> man
> a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and
> he'll eat for life" theory. However, I got lost in that
> after the first page. I'll tell you this... the Directory
> names are legal *nix directory names -- no spaces. :-)
> Only the filenames 'cause they were designed with Windows
> users in mind. :-)
> John
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