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Old 03-05-2012
Remove spaces in filenames
Hi,

I have files like below, In files coming as spaces. Before transfering those files into ftp server. I want to remove the spaces and then can transfer the files into unix server.

e.g: filenames are

Code:
1) SHmail _profile001_20120908.txt

2) SHmail_profile001 _20120908.txt

3) sh mail_profile001_20120908.txt

thx in advance
Last edited by fpmurphy; 03-05-2012 at 12:29 PM.. Reason: Thread Title "Need Help" replaced with more appropriate title
kirankumar
# 2  
Old 03-05-2012
Code:
for i in `ls`
do
file=echo $i | tr -d " "
mv $i $file
done

# 3  
Old 03-05-2012
Code:
for i in *.txt; do newName=${i// /}; mv "$i" $newName; done

---------- Post updated at 02:56 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:53 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by vishal_vsh1
Code:
for i in `ls`
do
file=$(echo $i | tr -d " ")
mv "$i" $file
done

you need to quote the $i and check the above correction

and instead of using

Code:
 
for i in `ls'
 
use
 
for i in *

# 4  
Old 03-05-2012
Or better yet, use:
Code:
for i in *\ *

and
Code:
mv "$i" "$newName"

bash/ksh93:
Code:
for i in *\ *; do
  mv "$i" "${i// }"
done

Careful that the target file does not already exist...
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 03-05-2012 at 06:00 AM..
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