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# 1  
Old 07-18-2018
Removing a ? from multiple files
Hi all,

I have about 1.8 million files in a directory structre, that contain a ? on the end, for example:

Code:
/testdocs/1/mar/08/08/images/user/{1234-1234-1234-1234}0?

Is there a way to go through the testdocs folder, recursively, and remove the ? from all docs that have one on the end?

Thanks!

Tirm
# 2  
Old 07-18-2018
Try
Code:
ls *\?
ls */*\?
find . -name "*\?"

# 3  
Old 07-18-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Try
Code:
ls *\?
ls */*\?
find . -name "*\?"

Thanks RudiC, that will definitely locate the files, but what about the rename? The remove of the ? on the end?

Thanks!

Tirm
# 4  
Old 07-18-2018
Code:
for FN in *\?; do mv "$FN" "${FN%\?}"; done


etc ...
# 5  
Old 07-18-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Code:
for FN in *\?; do mv "$FN" "${FN%\?}"; done


etc ...
I can't seem to get the right results with the for loop.

I got really close using:

Code:
find -name $'*\r*' -exec rename $'s|[\r]| |g' '{}' \;

This works for every character it seems EXCEPT for \r! \n works, any character works, but not \r. I'm not sure why.

Its driving me a bit nuts, this shouldnt be this difficult! Smilie

Just to add the ? is in fact a \r where the cp script was built using a windows c# program.
Last edited by tirmUK; 07-18-2018 at 09:32 AM.. Reason: Additional information
# 6  
Old 07-18-2018
What exactly is going wrong? Without precise error description, nobody will be able to help you.
# 7  
Old 07-18-2018
Here is the find working:

Code:
find -name $'*\r*'
./FDBCFEAE-021F-47BC-896B-A225C198C1A1{52730124-EF33-405F-9A8A-C840F5CEFB95}0?

Here is the command with the replace and the error message

Code:
find -name $'*\r*' -exec rename $'s|\r| |g' '{}' \;
rename: not enough arguments

What am I doing wrong in my exec command that might cause this?

Thanks!
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