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How to replace spaces in file names with underscores?
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R-S-H

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PostPosted: Sat 02 Mar 2013, 16:12    Post subject:  How to replace spaces in file names with underscores?  
Please have a look at the third post of this thread.

I do re-use this one.

Thanks
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PostPosted: Mon 04 Mar 2013, 20:13    Post subject:  
Hey RSH; Just rewrite and reuse this thread for another Q !
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PostPosted: Fri 08 Mar 2013, 13:16    Post subject: How to replace spaces in file names with underscores?  
sunburnt wrote:
Hey RSH; Just rewrite and reuse this thread for another Q !

Yes, sunburnt. Did it! Laughing

Ok.

I want to search for files with spaces ' ' in its names and replace them with underscores '_'.

There could be just a single one but also three or four of those spaces ' '.

How can I do this?

Thanks

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PostPosted: Fri 08 Mar 2013, 14:38    Post subject: Re: How to replace spaces in file names with underscores?  
R-S-H wrote:
sunburnt wrote:
Hey RSH; Just rewrite and reuse this thread for another Q !

Yes, sunburnt. Did it! Laughing

Ok.

I want to search for files with spaces ' ' in its names and replace them with underscores '_'.

There could be just a single one but also three or four of those spaces ' '.

How can I do this?

Thanks

RSH

Here's a script I've been using for some time:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

if [ -d $1 ]; then #check if $1 is a directory
  cd $1
  for file in *; do mv "$file" `echo $file | sed -e 's/  */_/g' -e 's/_-_/-/g'`; done
else
  mv "$1" `echo $1 | sed -e 's/  */_/g' -e 's/_-_/-/g'` 
fi

It will work for a single file or a directory of files.
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PostPosted: Fri 08 Mar 2013, 15:08    Post subject:  
jrb wrote:
Here's a script I've been using for some time:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

if [ -d $1 ]; then #check if $1 is a directory
  cd $1
  for file in *; do mv "$file" `echo $file | sed -e 's/  */_/g' -e 's/_-_/-/g'`; done
else
  mv "$1" `echo $1 | sed -e 's/  */_/g' -e 's/_-_/-/g'` 
fi

It will work for a single file or a directory of files.

Oh, thank you very much.

I knew it would be needed such stuff, not programmable by myself! Laughing

I will try it.

Thanks again

RSH
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PostPosted: Fri 08 Mar 2013, 16:31    Post subject:  
RSH,

I use this one-

Code:
 for file in *.mp* *.flv;do
newfile=${file// /_}
mv -v "$file" $newfile;done


Usually in directories with downloaded media. It could be used for any file with just *.

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s
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PostPosted: Fri 08 Mar 2013, 22:51    Post subject:  
in current dir?
Code:
for f in *;do mv "$f" "${f// /_}";done

or recursively?
Code:
for f in `find .`;do mv "$f" "${f// /_}";done

Note: for find you can use -name or -iname to filter
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PostPosted: Fri 08 Mar 2013, 22:59    Post subject:  
What was the original title of this thread?
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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 00:00    Post subject:  
@Seaside - Nice, simpler than mine. I changed to:
Code:
cd $1
 for file in *;do
newfile=${file// /_}
mv -v "$file" $newfile;done

and it changed all files in my folder.

technosaurus wrote:
in current dir?
Code:
for f in *;do mv "$f" "${f// /_};done

or recursively?
Code:
for f in `find .`;do mv "$f" "${f// /_};done

Note: for find you can use -name or -iname to filter

I believe you have an extra " in there. I changed to
Code:
for f in *; do mv "$f" ${f// /_}; done

and it worked very well.

I like your technique. Is there an easy way to do both of the sed functions that I have in mine?
Code:
sed -e 's/  */_/g' -e 's/_-_/-/g'

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PostPosted: Sat 09 Mar 2013, 00:25    Post subject:  
nope, it was missing one, fixed.

new=`echo $old` #squeeze all tabs and spaces to a single space
new="${new// /_} #you have to do these 1by1, but I think "," and [] work
new="${new//_-_/-} #technically this could be in the mv step
mv "$old" "$new"
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PostPosted: Sun 10 Mar 2013, 02:54    Post subject:  
I found this script (/function) while looking for something else:
Code:
#!/bin/ash
sr(){
[ "$1" ] && [ -d "$1" ] && cd $1
for x in * ; do
   y=${x// /_}
   [ "$x" != "$y" ] && mv "${x}" "${y}"
   [ -d $y ] && sr $y &
done
}
   
sr $@
it recurses into subdirectories without needing find, but is missing logic to not follow symlinks into a circular loop if ... ya know, there's a circular loop
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