[SWLUG] Find And Replace.

[Marcus.Davage at googlemail.com]

Try this in a script...

#!/bin/bash
for i in $( ls *.mp3 );
do
src=$i
tgt=$(echo $i | sed -e "s/-/ - /")
mv $src $tgt
done

Marcus

On , Andrew Jenkins <adjenkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,



> OK guys, I've done this before using either "sed" or "grep" (or a

> combination of)

> and regular expressions but I just can't get it right this time.



> I have a few thousand MP3 files which are all under a general "Music"

> directory

> but all within separate directories under that. At the moment they have

> just a

> '-' (dash) between the artist name and the track name. I would like them

> to have

> ' - ' (space, dash, space) instead.



> The only common factors of all file names are that mentioned above and

> the .mp3

> on the end.



> eg

> Asia-Aqua.mp3 -> Asia - Aqua.mp3



> Any reg-ex experts out there?



> Andy Jenkins



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