[wplug] Slightly off topic...shell script

[Michael E Uhl]

Instead of: 

for i in *.txt; do mv "$i" `echo $i | tr '---' '-'`;

try:

for i in *.txt; do mv "$i" `echo $i | tr -s '-'`;

The "-s" option (short for --squeeze-repeats) of "tr" eliminates
duplicate characters.

-michael

On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 17:11, Dileep Vangasseri wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a set of files having names which has
> characters --- in between (like foo---test--to.txt). I
> want to replace '---' with a '-' (single dash). Can
> anyone suggest a script which would make my life
> simple?
> 
> I tried:
> 
> for i in *.txt; do mv "$i" `echo $i | tr '---' '-'`;
> done
> 
> But it is not taking the --- as one character. Can
> anyone suggest a way out?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dileep
> 
> 
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