[Gllug] Mass renaming of files

[Matthew King]

> a) Find all the files under a certain directory where the filename
> includes a :

Find.

$ find $DIR -name '*:*' -print

(the -print isn't needed on linux)

> b) Rename these files to replace the : with a - or possibly remove the
> colon altogether.

I've seen a myriad of exciting looking solutions to this, but the simplest
by far is:
$ mmv '*:*' '#1-#2'

Though you will have to find and install mmv.

Have fun

Matthew

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