Re: remove double quote character from file names

On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 9:29 AM Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> wrote:

>
> The tools from the base system that you need here are find(1), sed(1),
> mv(1) and sh(1).  Something like the following _completely_ _untested_
> code:
>
> ```
> #!/bin/sh
>
> for oldfname in $( find . -type f -name '*"*' -print ); do
>      newfname=$( echo $oldfname | sed -e 's/"/in/g' )
>      echo mv -nv $oldfname $newfname
> done
> ```
>
> This prints out a list of 'mv' commands to effect the change you want.
> Which, as someone else wisely said you should examine closely to ensure
> it is actually doing the right thing. Then, when you're satisfied that
> it is, change 4 to read:
>
>     mv -nv $oldfname $newfname
>
> obvious, I expect, but when I have done this, I > it all to a file and
then review it, add the mv or whatever command to each line, and then feed
that to the shell.