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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Remove trailing space from file and folder names Post 302913054 by vipertech on Wednesday 13th of August 2014 02:27:19 PM
Old 08-13-2014
I think this is working for me

Code:
find . -iname "* *" -printf '%p\0' | while IFS= read -r -d '' FN; do
	FNnew=`echo "${FN%${FN##*[^ ]}}"`
	echo "$FN" "$FNnew"
	mv "$FN" "${FN%${FN##*[^ ]}}"
done


I am running tests on a test folder structure now. The only thing it doesn't seem to do is remove the trailing space on files that have a dot extension.

for example:

Code:
this is a test .txt

my script will not remove the space after the word test. But, I believe this will not impact my larger issue and I can live without removing spaces on files like that. I'm more concerned with outside trailing spaces.

Thank you very much for the help. Any other tips are appreciated.

---------- Post updated at 02:27 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:15 PM ----------

Actually, I have discovered a problem with this. If a folder containing a trailing space is fixed and renamed, any files with trailing spaces found under this folder are not fixed because the folder name is no longer found.
 

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mtp_libmtp_folder_struct

LIBMTP_folder_struct(3) 					      libmtp						   LIBMTP_folder_struct(3)

NAME

       libmtp - LIBMTP_folder_struct

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libmtp.h>

   Data Fields
       uint32_t folder_id
       uint32_t parent_id
       uint32_t storage_id
       char * name
       LIBMTP_folder_t * sibling
       LIBMTP_folder_t * child

Detailed Description
       MTP Folder structure

       Examples:
	   delfile.c, folders.c, getfile.c, newfolder.c, sendfile.c, and sendtr.c.

Field Documentation
   LIBMTP_folder_t* LIBMTP_folder_struct::child
       Child folder or NULL if no children

       Examples:
	   folders.c.

       Referenced by LIBMTP_destroy_folder_t(), LIBMTP_Find_Folder(), and LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage().

   uint32_t LIBMTP_folder_struct::folder_id
       Unique folder ID

       Examples:
	   folders.c.

       Referenced by LIBMTP_Find_Folder(), LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage(), LIBMTP_new_folder_t(), and LIBMTP_Set_Folder_Name().

   char* LIBMTP_folder_struct::name
       Name of folder

       Examples:
	   folders.c.

       Referenced by LIBMTP_destroy_folder_t(), LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage(), and LIBMTP_Set_Folder_Name().

   uint32_t LIBMTP_folder_struct::parent_id
       ID of parent folder

       Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage().

   LIBMTP_folder_t* LIBMTP_folder_struct::sibling
       Next folder at same level or NULL if no more

       Examples:
	   folders.c.

       Referenced by LIBMTP_destroy_folder_t(), LIBMTP_Find_Folder(), and LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage().

   uint32_t LIBMTP_folder_struct::storage_id
       ID of storage holding this folder

       Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Folder_List_For_Storage().

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