Anytime you have to copy or more files from Windows to Unix/Linux you'll
pretty much always run into file names with spaces in them (why in the
world that's permitted, I do not know, but, hey, it's Windows and
doesn't have to make any sense).
Here's a little utility that renames-in-place, substituting spaces with
underscores -- work great, just execute it in any directory and problem
solved (including Windows directory names with space in them!). It's
called blank-rename:
#!/bin/bash
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General
# Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
# Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
# MA 02111-1307, USA.
ONE=1 # For getting singular/plural right (see below).
number=0 # Keeps track of how many files actually renamed.
FOUND=0 # Successful return value.
for filename in * # Traverse all files in directory.
do
echo "$filename" | grep -q " " # Check whether filename
if [ $? -eq $FOUND ] #+ contains space(s).
then
fname=$filename # Yes, this filename needs
work.
n=`echo $fname | sed -e "s/ /_/g"` # Substitute underscore for
blank.
mv "$fname" "$n" # Do the actual renaming.
let "number += 1"
fi
done
if [ "${number}" -eq "$ONE" ] # For correct grammar.
then
echo "${number} file renamed."
else
echo "${number} files renamed."
fi
exit 0
I didn't write it and don't know who did but I hope it helps somebody
somewhere sometime.
--
A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma but that's my story and I'm
stickin' to it.
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