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# 1  
Old 04-03-2009
Rename fail
I've a lot of file with an hyphen on filename, so I use rename for remove him ad substitute with an underscore but it fails

Code:
$ rename 's/\-/\_/' *
Unknown option: _
Unknown option: i
Unknown option: r
Unknown option: e
Unknown option: e
Unknown option: _
Unknown option: g
Unknown option: r
Unknown option: a
Unknown option: d
Unknown option: i

How I can do this?Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-03-2009
Try:
Code:
for SFILE in `ls *-*`; do
  TFILE=`echo "${SFILE}" | sed '/-/_/g'`
  echo mv ${SFILE} ${TFILE}
  mv ${SFILE} ${TFILE}
done

# 3  
Old 04-03-2009
Code:
for file in *-*; do mv "$file" "${file//-/}"; done

# 4  
Old 04-03-2009
quote=TonyFullerMalv;302303867]Try:
Code:
for SFILE in `ls *-*`; do
  TFILE=`echo "${SFILE}" | sed '/-/_/g'`
  echo mv ${SFILE} ${TFILE}
  mv ${SFILE} ${TFILE}
done

[/quote]


Use this it works
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
for SFILE in `ls *-*`; do
  TFILE=`echo "${SFILE}" | sed s/-/_/g`
  mv ${SFILE} ${TFILE}
  print
done

# 5  
Old 04-04-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by siquadri
quote=TonyFullerMalv;302303867]Try:
Code:
for SFILE in `ls *-*`; do
  TFILE=`echo "${SFILE}" | sed '/-/_/g'`
  echo mv ${SFILE} ${TFILE}
  mv ${SFILE} ${TFILE}
done


Use this it works
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
for SFILE in `ls *-*`; do
  TFILE=`echo "${SFILE}" | sed s/-/_/g`
  mv ${SFILE} ${TFILE}
  print
done

[/QUOTE]

forget the use of ls, it will break if filenames have spaces. Use shell expansion.
# 6  
Old 04-04-2009
Try this:

Quote:
find . -name "*-*" |awk '{ src=$0; gsub(/-/,"_",$0); system("mv "src" "$0); }'
# 7  
Old 04-04-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by dennis.jacob
Try this:
have you tested it., especially on files with spaces as well?
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