What Goeth on in Your neck of the woods?

[argedion]

what is the easiest way to rename files by just removing the spaces in the name?

 

[MoodyBlues]

awesome but i cheated some and had a friend help me with a bash script that uses exiftool

Great!

it has a few flaws but does work maybe we can come up with something.

Taking the time to learn bash scripting yourself would be *SO* worth it in the long run. You really can't appreciate the built-in power of *nix until you see what you can do with its basic tools.

At moment filenames with spaces are a no no so i'll have to rename those that have spaces in them.

Want to do them all at once? Like in a few seconds? This will change spaces in file names to underscores.

#!/bin/bash

ls > /tmp/current_files
mv /tmp/current_files ./current_files
cat current_files | tr ' ' '_' > current_files_new
FileCount=$(wc -l current_files | awk '{print $1}')
count=1
while   [ "$count" -le "$FileCount" ]
do 	ReadAwk="FNR=="$count
	OldName=$(awk $ReadAwk current_files)
	NewName=$(awk $ReadAwk current_files_new)
	mv "$OldName" "$NewName" > /dev/null 2>&1
	count=$(($count+1))
done
rm current_files
rm current_files_new
exit 0

DISCLAIMER: I referred to some old notes, wrote this quickly, tested it quickly, didn't waste time documenting or making it elegant--but it works. However, for your own comfort it'd be best to try it in a temporary directory with COPIES of the files you're working with. Then you can verify that it's working as expected, without risking losing anything or messing things up somehow. Also, if you're unsure what any part of it is doing, feel free to ask!

Also as you can see can only do one type at a time

My suggested way (bash scripting plus ImageMagick) wouldn't limit you like that, because IM can determine the file type on its own. But for right now, if it's working out okay, just stick with it.

on the fedora site my signature is Command Line Flunkie Gui Junkie

I wish to change this

what is the easiest way to rename files by just removing the spaces in the name?

I was in the process of writing the above, but got distracted and by the time I got back to it, you'd posted your question about the very thing I was going to write about!

 

[argedion]

your code worked like a charm

 

[MoodyBlues]

your code worked like a charm

Fantastic!

 

[argedion]

having phone hiccups this am *sigh* oh well I'll get them straightened out. Just cleaned it all up and reflashed everything redoing the apps now see if it acts right now

 

[wyndslash]

munching on peanut m&ms. they're my favorite.

 

[argedion]

munching on peanut m&ms. they're my favorite.

reeses cups are myne. atm i'm munching on popcorn

 

[wyndslash]

reese cups are good too

 

[argedion]

reese cups are good too

noooo

THERE GREAT

 

[BabyBlues]

noooo

THERE GREAT

That's Kellogg's silly!

 

[dan330]

That's Kellogg's silly!

Just had me a bowl

 

[Gmash]

You guys are making me hungry...

 

[wyndslash]

Just had a late lunch but craving something still

 

[argedion]

Had a great lunch and ready for a nap now

 

[Rico ANDROID]

Argedion! Checking in to see what goeth In Your NEKKID of the woods!

 

[ocnbrze]

i hope he is not NEKKID out in the woods as it is cold on the east coast. he'll freeze

hope y'all are keeping warm with all the cold fronts the US is getting. here in LA we are getting plenty of rain every few days it seems.

 

[Rico ANDROID]

i hope he is not NEKKID of the woods as it is cold on the east coast. he'll freeze

hope y'all are keeping warm with all the cold fronts the US is getting. here in LA we are getting plenty of rain every few days it seems.

LOL Oceansbreeze! How true! !!! Lets see what argedion sez (he could be jooced up on some korn squeezns and running loose!)

Yup we are sittn pretty here in TX too. no snow but plenty rain. We get LA's weather in a weekly cycle , so if you're still getting rain, then that's what we have to look forward to next week.

 

[argedion]

all the cold weather is going north of here. so no much chance snow here. It's been a very mild winter for us down in South Georgia. Most of the rain you are getting starts going north over here so we have missed a bunch of that as well. We need some good rain around here.

 

[dan330]

Happy asian new year... wishing you all a wonderful and exciting year.

 

[Rico ANDROID]

Happy asian new year... wishing you all a wonderful and exciting year.

We had a thunderstorm @ 3a.m. but still good weather compared to the rest. Will send you a wet carepackage argedion.


Happy asian NY ! Danno!.....wait! Aintchoo still dea....!?!

 

[ocnbrze]

ok so i just had a birthday and i obviously did not work out that day. i also missed working out the previous day as well. so coming into the gymn today i was a little bit worried that i might have lost a step or two.........nope. i always go for running on the eliptical and i keep track of my time and distance. and so today i almost beat my best time. i was off by a second, but that is not bad considering. i felt so good that i might go up one tomorrow on resistance.

on a new note i need to start looking for another job. i work as a line cook for a Hawaiian fusion restaurant. i just need to branch out and try new cuisines and new things. And i need to update my resume as well.....i hate doing those.

anways......hope y'all are keeping warm from the late winters storms some of you are getting.....if it helps, here in LA it has been in the 70's and it might get into the 80's this weekend

 

[DragonSlayer95]

Way to rub it in ocn, barely pushed 40 with awful rain storms here in sc

 

[ocnbrze]

Way to rub it in ocn, barely pushed 40 with awful rain storms here in sc

 

[dan330]

was in Houston over the weekend... nice.. in the 60s..

 

[MoodyBlues]

ok so i just had a birthday

Belated happy birthday! :birthday:

here in LA it has been in the 70's and it might get into the 80's this weekend

Great, isn't it? Here in the lovely San Gabriel Valley, we're supposed to be in the mid 80s in the next few days. My best friend, currently living in North Carolina, gets sick of me rubbing in how great it is here while she's dealing with snow and below freezing temperatures.