[X4U] How can I easily replace '/' with '-' in file names?

Bill White billwhite at mac.com
Wed Mar 16 09:07:36 PST 2005


On 3/16/05 11:04 AM, Robert Ameeti <robert at ameeti.net> wrote:

> As such, the files within my PowerBook that are named with a '/' cause Apple's
> Backup program to error.
> 
> How can I easily change all occurrences of the '/' character to a '-'
> character?

There is an AppleScript included in OS X named "Replace Text in Item
Names.scpt" that will do this for you. I can't remember where it's installed
by default because I've consolidated all my scripts, but I *believe* it was
in /Library/Scripts/Finder Scripts.

---Bill




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