Re: [Dorset] removing spaces in file names
On 02/12/2021 15:22, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: find . -name "* "" -type f -delete Well, that didn't delete the whole disk. It didn't do anything as far as I can see. I think you had a finger problem there. This worked and did exactly what I wanted: find . -name "* *" -type f -delete So Thanks guys for your help. Good to hear from you again Victor. Hope that you are well. Peter -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-12-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] removing spaces in file names
Hi Peter, I think that the command you give: find . -name "* *" -type f | rm *.* -v will indeed find all files named (anything1)(space)(anything2) - *however* : it will pass the names to "rm *.* which will ignore them and delete all files named (anything1)(dot)(anything2) ! (Which correspnds to what you reported ) :-( Even if you said find . -name "* *" -type f | rm -v it would not do what you want as rm would look for two files called anything1 and anything2 , seeing the space as a separator. Being an old school find-user (didn't have -delete back in the day) I would say find . -name "*.* -print0 | xargs -0 rm -v [or rm -iv if paranoid] The -print0 causes find to delimit each name with a null character and xargs -0 will use that null byte as a separator so that filenames wiht spaces will be treted as a single item. best regards, 웃 Victor Churchill, Netley Abbey, Southampton On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 15:12, PeterMerchant wrote: > On 30/11/2021 15:42, PeterMerchant wrote: > > I thought that my backup software Freefilesync was not backing up files > with spaces in the names, so I found online a solution that changed all the > spaces to -. > > > > find . -name "* *" -type f | rename 's/ /-/g'^C > > > > Now I have just checked my backup and discovered that files with spaces > in them were copied, so my backup so contains two copies of many files > > > > 'file-1' and 'file 1'. > > > > > > Can someone advise me of a script like the above that I can run on my > backup disk to remove the files with spaces in the names? > > > > I expect to hear you shout "NOT A GOOD IDEA" but I'll take the > responsibility for the results, even if I have to clean off the backup and > start from new. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Peter > > > > > I have not got it right. I tried > > find . -name "* *" -type f | rm *.* -v > > and it removed all files with extensions, but not the files without > extensions, with no concern over whether there were spaces or not.. > > removed '1841 census Jane burkey.jpg' > removed '1841-census-Jane-burkey.jpg' > removed '1841 census John Burkey (10).pdf' > removed '1841-census-John-Burkey-(10).pdf' > > ls gives: (partly) > > '1783 Baptism Richard Burkey' 1789-Baptism-Thomas-Burkey-2 '2015 > Burkeys in Grays 192-com' 'Len Burkey' > 1783-Baptism-Richard-Burkey '1824 Baptism Jane Burkey 2' > 2015-Burkeys-in-Grays-192-comLen-Burkey > '1783 Baptism Richard Burkey-2' 1824-Baptism-Jane-Burkey-2 'Ancestry > Burkey trees' Messages > > P. > > > -- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-12-07 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-12-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] removing spaces in file names
I'm hesitant to suggest something in case it wipes your root disk and kills your cat, but if you're happy to accept a bunch of disclaimers then find . -name "* "" -type f -delete should do what you want. On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 at 15:11, PeterMerchant wrote: > On 30/11/2021 15:42, PeterMerchant wrote: > > I thought that my backup software Freefilesync was not backing up files > with spaces in the names, so I found online a solution that changed all the > spaces to -. > > > > find . -name "* *" -type f | rename 's/ /-/g'^C > > > > Now I have just checked my backup and discovered that files with spaces > in them were copied, so my backup so contains two copies of many files > > > > 'file-1' and 'file 1'. > > > > > > Can someone advise me of a script like the above that I can run on my > backup disk to remove the files with spaces in the names? > > > > I expect to hear you shout "NOT A GOOD IDEA" but I'll take the > responsibility for the results, even if I have to clean off the backup and > start from new. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Peter > > > > > I have not got it right. I tried > > find . -name "* *" -type f | rm *.* -v > > and it removed all files with extensions, but not the files without > extensions, with no concern over whether there were spaces or not.. > > removed '1841 census Jane burkey.jpg' > removed '1841-census-Jane-burkey.jpg' > removed '1841 census John Burkey (10).pdf' > removed '1841-census-John-Burkey-(10).pdf' > > ls gives: (partly) > > '1783 Baptism Richard Burkey' 1789-Baptism-Thomas-Burkey-2 '2015 > Burkeys in Grays 192-com' 'Len Burkey' > 1783-Baptism-Richard-Burkey '1824 Baptism Jane Burkey 2' > 2015-Burkeys-in-Grays-192-comLen-Burkey > '1783 Baptism Richard Burkey-2' 1824-Baptism-Jane-Burkey-2 'Ancestry > Burkey trees' Messages > > P. > > > -- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-12-07 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-12-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] removing spaces in file names
On 30/11/2021 15:42, PeterMerchant wrote: I thought that my backup software Freefilesync was not backing up files with spaces in the names, so I found online a solution that changed all the spaces to -. find . -name "* *" -type f | rename 's/ /-/g'^C Now I have just checked my backup and discovered that files with spaces in them were copied, so my backup so contains two copies of many files 'file-1' and 'file 1'. Can someone advise me of a script like the above that I can run on my backup disk to remove the files with spaces in the names? I expect to hear you shout "NOT A GOOD IDEA" but I'll take the responsibility for the results, even if I have to clean off the backup and start from new. Thanks, Peter I have not got it right. I tried find . -name "* *" -type f | rm *.* -v and it removed all files with extensions, but not the files without extensions, with no concern over whether there were spaces or not.. removed '1841 census Jane burkey.jpg' removed '1841-census-Jane-burkey.jpg' removed '1841 census John Burkey (10).pdf' removed '1841-census-John-Burkey-(10).pdf' ls gives: (partly) '1783 Baptism Richard Burkey' 1789-Baptism-Thomas-Burkey-2 '2015 Burkeys in Grays 192-com' 'Len Burkey' 1783-Baptism-Richard-Burkey '1824 Baptism Jane Burkey 2' 2015-Burkeys-in-Grays-192-com Len-Burkey '1783 Baptism Richard Burkey-2' 1824-Baptism-Jane-Burkey-2 'Ancestry Burkey trees' Messages P. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-12-07 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
