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emacs dired rename file by removing blanks
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Updated over 10 years ago (19 Aug 2008 at 10:59 AM)
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| In Brief | Rename files to remove blanks. Reason for use: blanks in files mess up some unix utilities. |
| Language | Text only |
# 's
1;;This is written in eLisp, a language not in the siafoo pull-down:
2
3(defun ba-dired-file-cleanup-blanks ()
4 "Rename a file by converting each blank to underscore
5and each _*-_* to a dash"
6 (interactive)
7 (if (not (or (string= mode-name "Dired by name")
8 (string= mode-name "Dired by date")))
9 (message "must be in dired mode")
10 (dired-previous-line 1)
11 (dired-next-line 1)
12 (let* ((org-name (buffer-substring-no-properties
13 (point) (line-end-position)))
14 (blank-free-name (replace-regexp-in-string " " "_" org-name))
15 (new-name (replace-regexp-in-string "_*-_*" "-" blank-free-name)))
16 (rename-file org-name new-name t)
17 (dired-revert))))
Rename files to remove blanks. Reason for use: blanks in files mess up some unix utilities.
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