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I have a folder full of files with filenames that contain LF character (ASCII code 10). I want to use Automator's "Replace Text" funcion to remove these non printing characters from file names. Is there a way to do it?
If automator is not able to do this task, I will take a bash script or applescript solution as well...
MBA (11", 2010), iMac (27", 2010)-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Take a look at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4417588/sed-command-to-fix-filenames-in-a-dir ectory
(I changed
tr -d "\r\n" to tr -d "\n", but try both)for f in ~/Desktop/*do
new="$(printf %s "$f" | tr -d "\n")"
if [ "$f" != "$new" ]; then
mv "$f" "$new"
fi
donePlease give me an example of the file name.
Then I can tell you how to do this in automator.
Thanks.
Regards,
Phil
Since he asked this question 15 months ago, it's safe to assume that he's still not looking for an answer 🙂
Tony T1,
Maybe. But, hey you never know! I answered a post that was 2 years old, and the guy answered back thanking me! 🙂
Regards,
Phil
Good for you! So long as the thread remains 'unsolved' I see no reason not to offer answers. I for one have found this discussion useful. I wasn't aware of the 'tr' command until reading this thread, and found out some useful tricks you can do with it from exploring the tr man page.
If you hadn't brought this thread back to life, I'd have missed out on that, so here's a 'thanks' 🙂 from me, too!
remove LF characters from file names
