I actually do have another question about this script. why doesn't mv -i prompt me before changing the files when it's run like this? <div>On 4/7/06, Alec Warner <<a href="mailto:warnera6@egr.msu.edu">warnera6@egr.msu.edu</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Caleb Cushing wrote: > haven't tried it yet backing up the directory into a tarball that'll take a > while. Do you think you could comment it for me? basically programming of > any kind is a weak point for me. I'm trying to improve. but copying and > pasting someone elses code may fix my issue but it won't fix my > understanding. "give a man a fish... teach a man to fish..." sort of thing. > >> >> >>On 4/6/06, Bruce Smith < <a href="mailto:blubdog@gmail.com">blubdog@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> >>>Disclaimer, backup the directory first!  :-) >>>And copy/paste exactly! >>> >>>You can test without changing anything by adding an "echo" in front of >>>the "mv" and optionally commenting out the "set" statements for better >>>readability. >>> >>>One bug (feature?) is it will replace multiple spaces with only ONE >>>underscore. >>> >>>You need to run it with the filename(s) as arguments.  i.e.: >>>  /path/to/scriptname * >>>  /path/to/scriptname a* >>>  /path/to/scriptname 'File to Test this  Thing on.TXT' >>> >>>- BS >>> >>> >>>#!/bin/sh            # Run using /bin/sh, the Bourne Shell >>>infile=upper >>>outfile=lower >>>for f                # Not sure where 'f' comes from, but it's looping throught the standard input, IIRC >>>do >>>    if [ -f "$f" ]; then # man test will tell you what this does ;) >>>        l="$(echo $f|sed 's/ /_/g'|tr "[:${infile}:]" "[:${outfile}:]")" # echo file, change ' ' to '_', globally, change upper to lower >>> >>>        if [ "$f" != "$l" ]; then # If the new filename doesn't equal the old filename.. >>>            set -x                # turn off echo >>>            mv -i "$f" "$l"       # rename the file >>>            set +x                # turn echo back on >>>        fi >>>     fi >>>done >>># end of script >>> >>> >>>On 4/6/06, Caleb Cushing < <a href="mailto:xenoterracide@gmail.com">xenoterracide@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >>> >>>>I need/want to change the names of all the files and folders in my >>> >>>/music >>> >>>>directory to where they don't have spaces in them and all the names >>> >>>are in >>> >>>>lowercase. This is what I have so far: >>>> >>>>#!/bin/bash >>>> >>>>ls -R |                          # List directory recursively >>>>sed -e 's/ /_/g' |             # Remove spaces change them to >>> >>>underscore >>> >>>>tr [:upper:] [:lower:] |     #change letters from upper to lower >>>> >>>>that gives me the output of what I would want the directory and file >>>>structure to look like when I'm done. I am unsure however how to take >>> >>>that >>> >>>>output and move the files and directories to acually look like that >>> >>>when I >>> >>>>am finished. It's also the tricky part because if I don't do it >>> >>>right... >>> >>>>well it might be an even bigger pain to fix. I pretty sure I have a >>> >>>lot more >>> >>>>to do to get this workable... and I'm just having problems wrapping my >>> >>>brain >>> >>>>around it. >>>> >>>>snippet:before >>>>#ls -R >>>> >>>>./3 Doors Down: >>>>Away from the Sun  Seventeen Days  The Better Life   Thumbs.db >>> >>>desktop.ini >>> >>>>./3 Doors Down/Away from the Sun: >>>>01-When I'm Gone-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>02-Away from the Sun-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>03-The Road I'm On-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>04-Ticket to Heaven-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>05-Running Out of Days-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>06-Here Without You-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>07-I Feel You-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>08-Dangerous Game-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>09-Changes-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>10-Going Down in Flames-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>>11-Sarah Yellin'-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 >>>> AlbumArtSmall.jpg >>>>AlbumArt_{C212FF41-147D-402C-BAC5-1284F8B4C802}_Large.jpg >>>>AlbumArt_{C212FF41-147D-402C-BAC5-1284F8B4C802}_Small.jpg >>>>Folder.jpg >>>> Thumbs.db >>>>desktop.ini >>>> >>>>snippet:after >>>> >>>>ls -R >>>> >>>>./3_doors_down: >>>>away_from_the_sun >>>>seventeen_days >>>>the_better_life >>>>thumbs.db >>>>desktop.ini >>>> >>>>./3_doors_down/away_from_the_sun: >>>>01-when_i'm_gone-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>02-away_from_the_sun-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>03-the_road_i'm_on-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>04-ticket_to_heaven-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>05-running_out_of_days-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>06-here_without_you-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>07-i_feel_you-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>08-dangerous_game-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>09-changes-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>10-going_down_in_flames-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>11-sarah_yellin'-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 >>>>albumartsmall.jpg >>>>albumart_{c212ff41-147d-402c-bac5-1284f8b4c802}_large.jpg >>>>albumart_{c212ff41-147d-402c-bac5-1284f8b4c802}_small.jpg >>>>folder.jpg >>>>thumbs.db >>>>desktop.ini >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>linux-user mailing list >>>><a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu"> linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> >>>><a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote> </div>