Re: recursively move types of files

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 15.05.2008 um 02:22 schrieb Charles L. Snyder:

> 2. I have a huge number of files named like this
> "Report_work_01232008_blah.pdf", and I want to replace all the "_"
> with " "


It's probably better to do it outside dired-mode, in a *shell* buffer:

        find <directory> -type f -exec trans.sh {} \;

maybe added with a -name <pattern> option and a shell script trans.sh  
like:

        #!/bin/sh
        dir="`dirname $1`"
        fil="`basename $1`"
        new="`echo "$fil" | tr _ ' '`"
        mv "$1" "$dir/$new"

or in bash:

        #!/bin/bash
        dir=$(dirname $1)
        fil=$(basename $1)
        new=$(echo "$fil" | tr _ ' ')
        mv "$1" "$dir/$new"


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Greetings

  Pete

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