[X-Unix] Renaming files with spaces

[Eric F Crist]

Put your file name in quotes.

for f in *.PDF; do
	base=`basename $f .PDF`
	mv "$f" "$base.pdf"
done

You could also do this with find and a proper 'exec' argument.  Find  
will take care of the escaping for you.

HTH

Eric


On May 14, 2009, at 9:26 AM, Charles Howse wrote:

> Hi,
> I need to batch rename all files with extension .PDF to  
> extension .pdf.
> They may or may not have spaces in the filenames.
>
> The following works ONLY if there are no spaces in the filename:
>
> for f in *.PDF; do
> 	base=`basename $f .PDF`
> 	mv $f $base.pdf
> done
>
> Can anyone provide a tip to something that will work regardless of  
> whether there are spaces in the filenames or not?
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Charles
>
> Signs you're getting old...
> A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff".
>
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