Is there a script for changes spaces to underscores?

DJOtaku · 02-03-2008, 03:04 PM

I have a bunch of files I created back in the Windows days with spaces in the filenames. Although Linux can handle filenames with spaces, it makes working in the commandline really annoying. So is there a script out there that you have used and works well (bash, perl, python) that will changes the spaces in a directory of filenames into underscores?

Thanks,

PTrenholme · 02-03-2008, 03:54 PM

If you're using bash as your command shell, you can change the field separator to something other than whitespace by (re)setting the IFS Bourne shell variable. So you may not need to "fix" the blanks to accomplish your goal.

That said, the script you want should be rather trivial to write in, e.g., gawk.

DJOtaku · 02-03-2008, 09:50 PM

Awesome script here in the first comment:

http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index....&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

dive · 02-04-2008, 12:39 AM

Code:

#!/bin/bash

 function basic {
 for i in *
 do
     if [ -d "$i" ]
     then
         cd "$i"
         win2lin #name of this script. Must be in PATH or full path to script must be given.
         cd ..
     fi
     tempa=$(echo "$i" | sed 's/ /_/g' | sed 's/_-_/-/g' |  sed 's/\ -\ /-/g' | sed 's/__/_/g' \
     | sed "s#'##g" | sed "s#;##g" | sed "s#,##g")
     [[ "$i" != "$tempa" ]] && mv -v "$i" "$tempa"
 done
 }

 function cmd {
 for i in "$@"
 do
     tempa=$(echo "$i"  | sed 's/ /_/g' | sed 's/_-_/-/g' |  sed 's/\ -\ /-/g' | sed 's/__/_/g' \
     | sed "s#'##g" | sed "s#;##g" | sed "s#,##g")
     [[ "$i" != "$tempa" ]] && mv -v "$i" "$tempa"
     [[ ! -d "$tempa" ]] && break
     cd "$tempa"
     win2lin #name of this script. Must be in PATH or full path to script must be given.
     cd ..
 done
 }

 [[ "$@" != "" ]] && cmd "$@"
 [[ "$@" == "" ]] && basic

DJOtaku · 02-04-2008, 09:28 PM

Code:

for x in *\ *;

do 

y=$(echo "$x"| sed y/\ \/_/)

mv "$x" "$y" 

done

worked perfectly for me and it's simple enough to understand