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Rename directories with spaces in the name - grep420 - 2004-01-09
Need to rename some directories with spaces in the names? Here is a little perl script to do just that. You will need to edit the $startpath.
// Begin Script
#!/usr/bin/perl
use File::Find;
$startpath="/path/to/dir";
do {
$flag=0;
find sub {
my $foo=$File::Find::name;
if (-d $foo && $foo=~/ /) {
($foo2=$foo)=~s/ /_/g;
rename($foo, $foo2);
$flag=1;
}
},$startpath;
} until ($flag==0);
exit;
// End Script
Rename directories with spaces in the name - tek-69 - 2004-01-09
sounds like something i could use since i recently converted from windows. what do i do, just paste it into a text file? and then read the text file?
Rename directories with spaces in the name - grep420 - 2004-01-09
save it as a text file like rename.pl for example, chmod +x rename.pl, ./rename.pl
Rename directories with spaces in the name - morbondu - 2004-01-09
i swear i posted something in here.. about saving, chmod, and execution for this perl scirpt... hrmmm
morbondu
Rename directories with spaces in the name - znx - 2005-03-21
Heres a bash solution albeit uglier:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
mv "$1" `echo "$1" | sed 's/ //g'`Put that in a file (say rename.sh) and use like this:
Code:
rename.sh "file or dir with spaces in it"(Note use Tab to autocomplete the filename and it'll add the " at the end)