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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers find & remove characters in filenames Post 302583704 by barrydocks on Wednesday 21st of December 2011 04:46:00 AM
Old 12-21-2011
Thanks radoulov! Will have a go tonight!

Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
The code above will not overwrite existing files
So does that mean I will be left with 2 files, ie track feat.artist.mp3 and track feat artist.mp3? If so can I just add this to the bottom:
Code:
find . -type f -name '*.*.mp3' -exec rm {}

?


Quote:
Originally Posted by ryan
@barrydocks: Why do you want to remove dots from filenames? Since when do dots cause trouble on any os? I'm just curious..
I use an old version of flac2mp3 to convert my flac audio files to mp3, the version I use has been patched to also embed the cover art jpg into the mp3 it creates, the only problem is that it is a bit flakey with filenames that have dots and other unusual characters. The other problem is that I didn't realise this when ripping my CDs to flac and I don't fancy doing it again, hence my questions on how to remove them.
Last edited by barrydocks; 12-21-2011 at 06:16 AM.. Reason: typo
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

fatsort

fatsort(1)						      General Commands Manual							fatsort(1)

NAME

       FATSort - FAT filesystem sorting utility

SYNOPSIS

       fatsort [options] device

DESCRIPTION

       FATsort sorts directory structures of FAT filesystems.  Many MP3 hardware players don't sort files automatically but play them in the order
       they were transmitted to the device. FATSort can help here.

OPTIONS

       -c     This option causes FATSort to ignore the case of filenames (e.g. 'example.mp3' is equal to 'EXAMPLE.MP3').

       -f     Force sorting even if the device is mounted or if FATSort cannot determine if the device is mounted.

       -h     Shows some help information.

       -i     Prints some file system information of the specified device.

       -l     FATSort will not sort directory structures, but just print the current order.

       -o type
	      This options specifies how FATSort will sort files and directories.  type can be 'd' for directories  before  files  (which  is  the
	      default), 'f' for files before directories, or 'a' for no differentiation between files and directories.

       -n     Uses natural order to sort directory structures instead of  alphanumeric order.  For example, an alphanumeric order would be
		     file123.mp3
		     file21.mp3
		     file3.mp3
	      and the corresponding natural order would be
		     file3.mp3
		     file21.mp3
		     file123.mp3.

       -q     FATSort will work quietly without printing additional information messages.

       -r     Sorts the directories in reverse order (Z-A).

       -R     Sorts the directories in random order.

       -v     Shows version information only.

       The following options can be specified multiple times:

       -d directory
	      Sort directory only

       -D directory
	      Sort directory and all subdirectories

       -x directory
	      Don't sort directory

       -X directory
	      Don't sort directory and all subdirectories

       -I prefix
	      Ignore  filename	prefix	prefix	during sorting. For example, passing option -I "the " tells FATSort to sort 'The Beatles.mp3' like
	      'Beatles.mp3'.

EXAMPLES

       Sort FAT filesystem on an USB stick:
	      fatsort /dev/sda1

       Sort FAT filesystem in a file:
	      fatsort /home/user/fat16_fs.img

       Sort directory /dir1 and all subdirectories except /dir1/dirA:
	      fatsort /dev/sda1 -D /dir1 -x /dir1/dirA

       Ignore prefixes 'a ' and 'the ' during sorting:
	      fatsort /dev/sda1 -I "a " -I "the "

AUTHOR

       Boris Leidner <fatsort(at)formenos.de>

SEE ALSO

       mount(8) fsck(8)

NOTES

       FAT12 is not supported yet.

REPORT BUGS

       Please report bugs to fatsort(at)formenos.de. Thanks.

FATSort 0.9.15							       2011								fatsort(1)
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