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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to remove hidden backslash in multiple files? Post 302879567 by quincyjones on Friday 13th of December 2013 06:41:25 AM
Old 12-13-2013
How to remove hidden backslash in multiple files?

Hi I have around 300 files in a folder. When I type ls -l I see the following

Code:
Mouse.chr10_+_:101862321-101863928.maf
Mouse.chr10_+_:101862322-101863928.maf
Mouse.chr10_+_:101862323-101863928.maf

But when I run my scripts, they couldn't recognise the filename because of hidden backslash like the below.

Code:
Mouse.chr10_+_\:101862321-101863928.maf
Mouse.chr10_+_\:101862322-101863928.maf
Mouse.chr10_+_\:101862323-101863928.maf

Is there anyway to remove all these hidden backslashes from multiple file names ?

Last edited by quincyjones; 12-13-2013 at 07:50 AM..
 

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rmm(1)							      General Commands Manual							    rmm(1)

NAME
rmm - remove messages (only available within the message handling system, mh) SYNOPSIS
rmm [+folder] [msgs] [-help] OPTIONS
Prints a list of the valid options to this command. The default settings for this command are: +folder defaults to the current folder msgs defaults to the current message DESCRIPTION
The rmm command deletes the current message from the current folder. You can specify messages and folders other than the current ones by using the +folder and msgs arguments. The current message is not changed by rmm, so a next will advance to the next message in the folder as expected. If you have defined a component rmmproc: in your file, then instead of simply renaming the message file, rmm will call the named program to delete the file. The rmm command removes messages by renaming the message files with a preceding comma. Many sites consider files that start with a comma to be a temporary backup, and arrange for cron(8) to remove such files once a day. PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine your Mail directory rmmproc: Program to delete the message FILES
The user profile. SEE ALSO
rmf(1) rmm(1)
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