Looking for a bash script to fix filenames

dreamphysix · 04-11-2011, 11:02 AM

I have a directory that has a bunch of files and directories under it that I need to correct the filenames of. In fact, I plan on running this as a cronjob to keep checking filenames for certain characters. I want directories and filenames with spaces or pluses (+) to have those certain characters replaced with underscores (_). I know that this will involve sed but I'm not sure what else. A simple shell script would handle it. Any advice?

grail · 04-11-2011, 11:11 AM

Redirect a find into a while loop and you could probably just use parameter substitution instead of sed if you want to keep it mainly bash:

Code:

${FILENAME// /_}