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susanh · 11-01-2005, 10:48 AM

Hi -
I have a folder with a few dozen files that start with ._ but are mp3's and I do not want them to be hidden. What would I have to do to remove the first character of each file name matching this ._ prefix?

I have tried this but it fails with filenames with spaces:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

for i in `ls -a`
do
        mv $i `echo $i | sed "s/\._//"`
done

thanks in advance...

11-01-2005, 10:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
susanh Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 29	Renaming multiple files - shell script Hi - I have a folder with a few dozen files that start with ._ but are mp3's and I do not want them to be hidden. What would I have to do to remove the first character of each file name matching this ._ prefix? I have tried this but it fails with filenames with spaces: Code: #!/bin/sh for i in `ls -a` do mv $i `echo $i \| sed "s/\._//"` done thanks in advance...