Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 16:06:36 +0530 From: "Unix Tools" <unixtools@hotmail.com> To: "BigBrother (BigB3)" <bigbrother@bonbon.net>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Renaming files with spaces in the name to files without spaces.. Message-ID: <OE240C9guA8M6XQQez1000036ac@hotmail.com> References: <20030108175539.W65616@bigb3server.bbcluster.gr> <s3fzs3k3a2.zs3@localhost.localdomain>
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Conider the file "freebsd help.doc"
mv freebsd\ help.doc freebsdhelp.doc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com>
To: "BigBrother (BigB3)" <bigbrother@bonbon.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: Renaming files with spaces in the name to files without
spaces..
> Paste this into your shell:
>
> XXX="RESULTS OF JAN 01 2002.txt "
> YYY=${XXX%% }
> ZZZ=$(echo ${YYY} | tr ' ' '_')
>
> for III in "$XXX" "$YYY" "$ZZZ"; do
> echo "'$III'"
> done
>
>
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