[PLUG] Script Help
Michael Barnes
barnmichael at gmail.com
Mon Dec 21 02:38:20 UTC 2020
Sad thing about getting old. Memory ain't what it used to be.
About 15 years or so ago, I wrote a script to trim filenames. What I did
with the script was to download a group of files from an ftp site to a
folder. The files were named something like
ABC 12-12-20 TodayShow.mp3
The "TodayShow" was different for each file. I needed to remove everything
after the date, rename the file and move it to another folder.
The trimming portion of the script was
cd /home/Xfer/downloads
for FILE in *.mp3; do mv "$FILE" "$(echo "$FILE"|tr ' ' '_')"; done
for FILE in *.mp3; do mv "$FILE" ${FILE%%???????.mp3}.mp3; done
I need to update this script for a similar purpose. I just can't remember
exactly how this works. Would someone mind please translating or explaining
this to me so I can modify it?
Thanks,
Michael
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