12-18-2011
find & remove characters in filenames
I have a group of files in different directories with characters such as " ? : in the file names. How do I find these files and remove these characters on mass?
Thanks
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NAME
systemd-tmpfiles - Creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories.
SYNOPSIS
systemd-tmpfiles [OPTIONS...] [CONFIGURATION FILE...]
DESCRIPTION
systemd-tmpfiles creates, deletes and cleans up volatile and temporary files and directories, based on the configuration from
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