[wellylug] Odd characters in filenames

[Rob Stockley]

On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 23:26, michael at diaspora.gen.nz wrote:
> Jamie Dobbs writes:
> >I have just noticed that I have series of files that I want to copy from
> >an NFS shared to my PC that have a '%' sign somewhere in their filename
> >(eg apex011a%25.jpg). This appears to be causing some problems and I
> >wonder if there is any easy way to remove the symbol/rename the
> >offending files.
> 
> Assuming you're using bash, or at least not a csh type shell, and you
> just want to remove the % from files in the current working directory:
> 
>     ls *%* | \
> 	while read file ; \
> 	do \
> 	new_file=$(echo $file | sed 's/%//g') ; \
> 	echo mv $file $new_file ; \
> 	done
> 
> Take out the 'echo' when you're sure it does what you want.
>     -- michael.

Nice script :> I've didn't know about the "while read .." construct.
I'll put that one in a safe place.

In the past I've used tar to move stuff from one file system to another.
I've never used it over a network though. Might still work.

tar cf - <files/folders to be moved> | ( cd <destination folder> ; tar
xvf - )

The brackets and semicolon are essential! If you want the transfer to be
done quietly then omit the v option to the second tar.
-- 
Rob Stockley
Manawatu
New Zealand

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