Re: filename rename utility?

2004-10-26 Thread Meir Kriheli 
Aaron wrote:
Hi all,
lately I have had to deal with a lot of windoze filenames and am
wondering if ther is a utility/script to remove the spaces
automatically.
Thanks
Aaron
You can use bash replacement feature:
# A=Hello This is a test
# echo $A
Hello This is a test
# echo ${A// /}
HelloThisisatest
A simple for loop and mv should handle it, example:
for i in *; do mv $i  ${i// /}; done
If you have lots files in a dir, it could pose a problem, using find and 
 -exec can help with that.

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Re: filename rename utility?

2004-10-26 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt 
Aaron [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Hi all,
 
 lately I have had to deal with a lot of windoze filenames and am
 wondering if ther is a utility/script to remove the spaces
 automatically.

tr -d ?

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Re: filename rename utility?

2004-10-26 Thread Arnon Klein 
actually, this will not work, since file names with a space in them will 
be parsed as two (or more) separate words, in the for-loop.

Meir Kriheli wrote:
Aaron wrote:
Hi all,
lately I have had to deal with a lot of windoze filenames and am
wondering if ther is a utility/script to remove the spaces
automatically.
Thanks
Aaron

You can use bash replacement feature:
# A=Hello This is a test
# echo $A
Hello This is a test
# echo ${A// /}
HelloThisisatest
A simple for loop and mv should handle it, example:
for i in *; do mv $i  ${i// /}; done
If you have lots files in a dir, it could pose a problem, using find 
and  -exec can help with that.

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Re: filename rename utility?

2004-10-26 Thread Arnon Klein 
I take this back. Works alright.
Yet another case of a enter-happy finger...
I guess bash was smarter than letting a space in a filename fool it into 
thinking it's another word.

Sorry.
Arnon Klein wrote:
actually, this will not work, since file names with a space in them 
will be parsed as two (or more) separate words, in the for-loop.

Meir Kriheli wrote:
or i in *; do mv $i  ${i// /}; done
If you have lots files in a dir, it could pose a problem, using find 
and  -exec can help with that.

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Re: filename rename utility?

2004-10-26 Thread Aaron 
Thanks,
(why off list?)
Thanks
Aaron
On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 20:24, Meir Kriheli wrote:
 Aaron wrote:
  Hi all,
  
  lately I have had to deal with a lot of windoze filenames and am
  wondering if ther is a utility/script to remove the spaces
  automatically.
  
  Thanks
  Aaron
 
 You can use bash replacement feature:
 
 # A=Hello This is a test
 
 # echo $A
 Hello This is a test
 
 # echo ${A// /}
 HelloThisisatest
 
 A simple for loop and mv should handle it, example:
 
 for i in *; do mv $i  ${i// /}; done
 
 If you have lots files in a dir, it could pose a problem, using find and 
   -exec can help with that.
 or ls *.txt or find I guess.

I will check out the bash replacement feature before I try this so I
understand what I am doing. History has proven the danger of blindly
copying a script without knowing what I am doing. (my linux history that
is )

thanks
again
 
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Re: filename rename utility?

2004-10-26 Thread Aaron 
Thanks
it works

Aaron
On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 22:14, Arnon Klein wrote:
 I take this back. Works alright.
 Yet another case of a enter-happy finger...
 
 I guess bash was smarter than letting a space in a filename fool it into 
 thinking it's another word.
 
 Sorry.
 
 Arnon Klein wrote:
 
  actually, this will not work, since file names with a space in them 
  will be parsed as two (or more) separate words, in the for-loop.
 
  Meir Kriheli wrote:
 
  or i in *; do mv $i  ${i// /}; done
 
  If you have lots files in a dir, it could pose a problem, using find 
  and  -exec can help with that.
 
 
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  http://mksoft.co.il
 
 
 


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Re: filename rename utility?

2004-10-26 Thread Meir Kriheli 
Aaron wrote:
You can use bash replacement feature:
# A=Hello This is a test
# echo $A
Hello This is a test
# echo ${A// /}
HelloThisisatest
A simple for loop and mv should handle it, example:
for i in *; do mv $i  ${i// /}; done
If you have lots files in a dir, it could pose a problem, using find and 
 -exec can help with that.
or ls *.txt or find I guess.

I will check out the bash replacement feature before I try this so I
understand what I am doing. History has proven the danger of blindly
copying a script without knowing what I am doing. (my linux history that
is )
The syntax is:
${var_name/search/replace}
${var_name//search/replace}
Note that the 2nd one 2 backslashes after var_name. The former replaces
only the 1st occurrence, while the latter replaces all.
You can use this method to handle some quick search and replace. Here's
another example:
Let's create some files to simulate a test scenario:
$ for i in `seq 20`; do touch backup$i.log; done
$ ls
backup10.log  backup14.log  backup18.log  backup2.log  backup6.log
backup11.log  backup15.log  backup19.log  backup3.log  backup7.log
backup12.log  backup16.log  backup1.log   backup4.log  backup8.log
backup13.log  backup17.log  backup20.log  backup5.log  backup9.log
Note the sort order. Assuming you want all of them to be in the format
of backupXX.log
$ for i in backup?.log; do mv $i ${i/up/up0}; done
$ ls
backup01.log  backup05.log  backup09.log  backup13.log  backup17.log
backup02.log  backup06.log  backup10.log  backup14.log  backup18.log
backup03.log  backup07.log  backup11.log  backup15.log  backup19.log
backup04.log  backup08.log  backup12.log  backup16.log  backup20.log
HTH
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Re: filename rename utility?

2004-10-26 Thread Aaron 
wow a bunch of new (to me) tricks up0  and seq20 plus the replace
feature.


Great instead of an app I got a bash tutorial, this group is great.

Thanks
Aaron
On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 00:37, Meir Kriheli wrote:
 Aaron wrote:
 You can use bash replacement feature:
 
 # A=Hello This is a test
 
 # echo $A
 Hello This is a test
 
 # echo ${A// /}
 HelloThisisatest
 
 A simple for loop and mv should handle it, example:
 
 for i in *; do mv $i  ${i// /}; done
 
 If you have lots files in a dir, it could pose a problem, using find and 
   -exec can help with that.
 or ls *.txt or find I guess.
  
  
  I will check out the bash replacement feature before I try this so I
  understand what I am doing. History has proven the danger of blindly
  copying a script without knowing what I am doing. (my linux history that
  is )
 
 The syntax is:
 
 ${var_name/search/replace}
 ${var_name//search/replace}
 
 Note that the 2nd one 2 backslashes after var_name. The former replaces
 only the 1st occurrence, while the latter replaces all.
 
 You can use this method to handle some quick search and replace. Here's
 another example:
 
 Let's create some files to simulate a test scenario:
 
 $ for i in `seq 20`; do touch backup$i.log; done
 $ ls
 
 backup10.log  backup14.log  backup18.log  backup2.log  backup6.log
 backup11.log  backup15.log  backup19.log  backup3.log  backup7.log
 backup12.log  backup16.log  backup1.log   backup4.log  backup8.log
 backup13.log  backup17.log  backup20.log  backup5.log  backup9.log
 
 
 Note the sort order. Assuming you want all of them to be in the format
 of backupXX.log
 
 $ for i in backup?.log; do mv $i ${i/up/up0}; done
 $ ls
 backup01.log  backup05.log  backup09.log  backup13.log  backup17.log
 backup02.log  backup06.log  backup10.log  backup14.log  backup18.log
 backup03.log  backup07.log  backup11.log  backup15.log  backup19.log
 backup04.log  backup08.log  backup12.log  backup16.log  backup20.log
 
 HTH
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