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Replacing spaces in filename
Name: B Date: April 11, 2003 at 01:53:47 Pacific OS: 9.0 CPU/Ram: P 4
Comment:
Hello,
I have hundreds of files that contain spaces. I want to have a script that will replace these spaces with a hyphen or something similar. Any ideas? I started by writing a bash script:
for i in `ls` do ..... done
but, i gets split up like this (for example): The original file name is Christmas Eve 001.jpg
so, $i gets set to Christmas, Eve, 001.jpg separately. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!
Name: 3Dave Date: April 11, 2003 at 02:33:08 Pacific
Reply:
Just use the "rename" command: # rename foo bar /*.doc will replace all instances of "foo" in file names with "bar" for all ".doc" files, eg: foofoo.doc -> foobar.doc
The command you want will be something like: # rename " " "_" ./*
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