How do I mass remove certain characters from directory/file names
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What's a command I could use to do this on fedora 29
I need to remove [,], and -. If possible just remove the characters. Otherwise I'm good with replacing them as '_'
I have 2,400+ files and directories with sub directories named similar to:
TWENTY_ONE_PILOTS_-_DISCOGRAPHY_(2009-15)_CHANNEL_NEO]
I need it to be easy to make a directory out of. For example:
TWENTY_ONE_PILOTS_DISCOGRAPHY_2009_15_CHANNEL_NEO
I've tried:
find . -depth -name '*]*' -execdir bash -c 'for i; do mv "$i" "${i
│// /_}"; done' _ {} +
And
for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done
Andd
rename 's/(|[|]|)//g' *
command-line files fedora rename
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1
What's a command I could use to do this on fedora 29
I need to remove [,], and -. If possible just remove the characters. Otherwise I'm good with replacing them as '_'
I have 2,400+ files and directories with sub directories named similar to:
TWENTY_ONE_PILOTS_-_DISCOGRAPHY_(2009-15)_CHANNEL_NEO]
I need it to be easy to make a directory out of. For example:
TWENTY_ONE_PILOTS_DISCOGRAPHY_2009_15_CHANNEL_NEO
I've tried:
find . -depth -name '*]*' -execdir bash -c 'for i; do mv "$i" "${i
│// /_}"; done' _ {} +
And
for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done
Andd
rename 's/(|[|]|)//g' *
command-line files fedora rename
asked 12 mins ago
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Should all_-_be converted to just_?
– Inian
8 mins ago
If possible. Or any double __ to single _ I'm just trying to get the files to be human and machine readable.
– RobertW
4 mins ago
Infor x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; donetry escaping the replaced right bracket:for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done
– RonJohn
34 secs ago
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What's a command I could use to do this on fedora 29
I need to remove [,], and -. If possible just remove the characters. Otherwise I'm good with replacing them as '_'
I have 2,400+ files and directories with sub directories named similar to:
TWENTY_ONE_PILOTS_-_DISCOGRAPHY_(2009-15)_CHANNEL_NEO]
I need it to be easy to make a directory out of. For example:
TWENTY_ONE_PILOTS_DISCOGRAPHY_2009_15_CHANNEL_NEO
I've tried:
find . -depth -name '*]*' -execdir bash -c 'for i; do mv "$i" "${i
│// /_}"; done' _ {} +
And
for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done
Andd
rename 's/(|[|]|)//g' *
command-line files fedora rename
asked 12 mins ago
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What's a command I could use to do this on fedora 29
I need to remove [,], and -. If possible just remove the characters. Otherwise I'm good with replacing them as '_'
I have 2,400+ files and directories with sub directories named similar to:
TWENTY_ONE_PILOTS_-_DISCOGRAPHY_(2009-15)_CHANNEL_NEO]
I need it to be easy to make a directory out of. For example:
TWENTY_ONE_PILOTS_DISCOGRAPHY_2009_15_CHANNEL_NEO
I've tried:
find . -depth -name '*]*' -execdir bash -c 'for i; do mv "$i" "${i
│// /_}"; done' _ {} +
And
for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done
Andd
rename 's/(|[|]|)//g' *
command-line files fedora rename
command-line files fedora rename
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Should all_-_be converted to just_?
– Inian
8 mins ago
If possible. Or any double __ to single _ I'm just trying to get the files to be human and machine readable.
– RobertW
4 mins ago
Infor x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; donetry escaping the replaced right bracket:for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done
– RonJohn
34 secs ago
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Should all_-_be converted to just_?
– Inian
8 mins ago
If possible. Or any double __ to single _ I'm just trying to get the files to be human and machine readable.
– RobertW
4 mins ago
Infor x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; donetry escaping the replaced right bracket:for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done
– RonJohn
34 secs ago
Should all
_-_ be converted to just _?– Inian
8 mins ago
Should all
_-_ be converted to just _?– Inian
8 mins ago
If possible. Or any double __ to single _ I'm just trying to get the files to be human and machine readable.
– RobertW
4 mins ago
If possible. Or any double __ to single _ I'm just trying to get the files to be human and machine readable.
– RobertW
4 mins ago
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for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done try escaping the replaced right bracket: for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done– RonJohn
34 secs ago
In
for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done try escaping the replaced right bracket: for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done– RonJohn
34 secs ago
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for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; donetry escaping the replaced right bracket:for x in *]*; do mv -- "$x" "${x//[/}"; done– RonJohn
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