Re: remove double quote character from file names

Script started on Sat Feb 11 13:17:38 2023
$ touch \"f\"o\"o
$ touch \"bar\"
$ touch \"f\ o\ o\"
$ ls
"bar"           "f o o"         "f"o"o          typescript
$ for f in $(find . -type f -name '*"*'); do  mv $f $(echo $f | tr -d '"');
done
mv: rename ./"f to ./f: No such file or directory
mv: rename o to o: No such file or directory
mv: rename o" to o: No such file or directory
$ S="$IFS"
$ IFS="\n"
$ for f in $(find . -type f -name '*"*'); do mv $f $(echo $f | tr -d '"');
done
$ ls
bar             f o o           foo             typescript
$ IFS="$S"
$ exit
Script done on Sat Feb 11 13:21:41 2023

On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 1:00 PM Scott Ballantyne <boyvalue@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 11:43 AM Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se>
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>> On 2/11/23 16:43, Scott Ballantyne wrote:
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>> > Remove the first echo command to actually do any changes. Untested.
>> > for f in $(find . -type f -name '*"*'); do echo mv $f $(echo $f | tr -d
>> > '"'); done
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>> Produced  "No such file or directory" errors.
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> You must have spaces in the filenames. You can deal with that using IFS.
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