Re: Removing a space from file name

On Mon, 2025-02-17 at 12:38 -0500, hput wrote:
> I have several hundred *.jpg files with this pattern
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> Actual example:
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> =C2=A0=C2=A0 'AtlantaVisitAndGrandmaHands 056.jpg'
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> The numbers vary, of course, but the alpha part and number of digits
> after the space is the same in all *.jpg files
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> I have hundreds of these all in one directory.=C2=A0 Not something you'd
> want to do one at a time.

Something like:

while (<*>) {
	rename $_, "$1$2.jpg" if $_ =3D~ /(.+) (.+)\.jpg/;
}


The RE matches any filename with a single space character and the .jpg
ending. I made the $_ explicit for clarity.
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