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Hello,

I wanted to rename one file where filename contains space.. How can i rename in unix?

The file name is ABC XYZ.TXT

I wanted to rename this file as ABCXYZ.TXT.

Any help is greatly appreciated...

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Depends on what you have in that directory....
check:
ls -al ABC*.TXT| wc -l
Gives you how many files?

Have you tried
Code:
mv ABC?XYZ.TXT  ABCXYZ.TXT
Theres many options... (with sed for example..)
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Thanks.. It helps..
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use below code:
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mv "ABC XYZ.TXT" ABCXYZ.TXT
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Or just escape the space:
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mv ABC\ XYZ.TXT ABCXYZ.TXT
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