Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:35:35 +0100 (CET) From: Sysadmin Lists <sysadmin.lists@mailfence.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> Subject: Re: remove double quote character from file names Message-ID: <1476195320.633098.1676536535118@ichabod.co-bxl> In-Reply-To: <1398045780.627028.1676532009651@ichabod.co-bxl> References: <d83c93ad-0eac-d41a-c7db-79a1e1bc62d8@nethead.se> <1398045780.627028.1676532009651@ichabod.co-bxl>
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> From: Sysadmin Lists <sysadmin.lists@mailfence.com>
> Date: Feb 15, 2023, 11:20:09 PM
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Cc: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se>
> Subject: Re: remove double quote character from file names
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> > From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se>
> > Date: Feb 11, 2023, 6:58:50 AM
> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > Subject: remove double quote character from file names
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A little help on the way, I need to find and remove the double quote (")
> > character from all files in a directory structure containing hundreds of
> > thousands of files.
> >
> > I am sure plenty of you have done this before... I've gotten as far as
> >
> > find . -type f -name '*"*' -exec rename 's|"|in|g' {} \;
> > find: rename: No such file or directory
> >
> > The find part works but not renaming so I'm missing something there.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Per
> >
> >
>
> Just to throw in an awk-themed solution:
> $ ls -1 | awk '/"/ { system("mv -v '\''" $0 "'\'' " $0) }'
>
> $ touch "\"foo bar\"" \"baz\" \".zap\" xyz abc
> $ ls -1A
> ".zap"
> "baz"
> "foo bar"
> abc
> xyz
> $ ls -1 | awk '/"/ { system("mv -v '\''" $0 "'\'' " $0) }'
> ".zap" -> .zap
> "baz" -> baz
> "foo bar" -> foo bar
> $ ls -1A
> .zap
> abc
> baz
> foo bar
> xyz
>
> There's a clever use of the existing double-quotes in the filenames in the renaming.
Here's what the shell sees:
$ ls -1 | awk '/"/ { print("mv -v '\''" $0 "'\'' " $0) }'
mv -v '".zap"' ".zap"
mv -v '"baz"' "baz"
mv -v '"foo bar"' "foo bar"
"Directory structure." In that case,
find . -type f -execdir awk -v file='{}' 'BEGIN { if (file ~ /"/) system("mv -v '\''" file "'\'' " file) }' \;
or
find . -type f -name \"\*\" -execdir awk -v file='{}' 'BEGIN { system("mv -v '\''" file "'\'' " file) }' \;
Again, replacing system() with print() shows what the shell sees.
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