Hi, Thank you very much. It works like a charm. It sure saves me a lot of pain! :)
Ze ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashley M. Kirchner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: Re: filename with space > Jacky Li wrote: > > >I am trying to rename a bunch of files to another name. For example, > > > >picture 1 to picture1 > >picture 2 to picture2 > >... > > > >May I know how you can take out the space in old filename? Thank you. > > > Since you said you have a bunch of them, I suggest this: > > # for file in * ; do mv "$file" `echo $file | sed 's/\ //g '` ; done > > For example: > > # ls -l > total 8 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 21 17:56 file 2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 21 17:56 picture 1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 21 17:56 this is long > > # for file in * ; do mv "$file" `echo $file | sed 's/\ //g '` ; done > > # ls -a > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 21 17:56 file2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 21 17:56 picture1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 21 17:56 thisislong > > > Hope this helps. > > -- > W | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . 303.442.6410 x130 > IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130 > Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 > http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A. > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
