Re: [PLUG] bash script help needed

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

James Fiore wrote:

> Art Alexion wrote:
>
>> I am trying to iron out a script that renames all files in a current
>> directory to replace embedded spaces with underscores, and makes
>> everything lower case.
>>   
>
> There's a project on sourceforge that already does what you stated
> needing to do (mv_lowercase and mv_spaces2underscore) but if you're
> doing it for a learning exercise you should be able to get some
> pointers since it is just a collection of bash scripts.
>
> http://filerenameutils.sourceforge.net/
>
> DESCRIPTION FROM SOURCEFORGE
>
> File rename utils are robust bash hacks that enable various file
> renaming actions. These include upper, lowercase, and capitalized
> conversions, space removal,and a KDE-compatible trash can. Man page
> documentation is provided

Thanks, James.  I got my script working with help from this list, but I
did download the scripts to learn other ways to accomplish it.

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