Renaming multiple files - shell script

[susanh]

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:

#!/bin/sh

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

thanks in advance...

[taylor]

Hi ~susanh - give this a try:

#!/bin/sh

# usage: call ./rename.sh .*.mp3
for f in "$@"
do
        echo $f
        mv "$f" "${f/\._/}"
done

cheers