{"id":1376,"date":"2009-08-14T00:33:40","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T07:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edelalon.com\/blog\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2017-08-26T21:54:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T04:54:00","slug":"removing-spaces-linuxmac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/removing-spaces-linuxmac\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Spaces Linux\/Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bash\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I had a bunch of files I needed to upload to a web server.\u00a0 The filenames contained spaces and we know some web browsers don’t like spaces.\u00a0 There was this script I found on the web.\u00a0 It worked out really well.<\/p>\n

#!\/bin\/bash<\/p>\n

ls > \/tmp\/list
\n# we have to make the list file in a separate
\n# directory so that it doesn’t get included
\n# in the list of the current directory!
\nmv \/tmp\/list .\/list
\ncat list | tr ‘ ‘ ‘_’ > listnew
\n# this turns spaces into underscores
\nFILE_COUNT=$(wc -l list | awk ‘{print $1}’)
\nLOOP=1
\nwhile [ “$LOOP” -le “$FILE_COUNT” ]
\ndo
\nAWKFEED=”FNR==”$LOOP
\n# the command to feed awk
\n# output will be ‘FNR==1’, ‘FNR==2’, ..
\nOLDFILE=$(awk $AWKFEED list)
\nNEWFILE=$(awk $AWKFEED listnew)
\nmv “$OLDFILE” “$NEWFILE”
\n# keep the quotes to make the shell read file
\n# names with spaces as one file
\nLOOP=$(($LOOP+1))
\ndone<\/p>\n

rm list
\nrm listnew<\/p>\n

exit 0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To get this to work, create a file in the same directory. Change the mode to make sure the file is executable.<\/p>\n

References<\/strong>:
\nhttp:\/\/www.dba-oracle.com\/t_fix_linux_data_file_names_special_characters.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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