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ArON

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Registered: 2018-11-06

Posts: 13

Custom Actions: How to replace spaces with underscores in file names?

Say we have a file named "abc 123.pdf", what could we put into Command in Custom Actions to rename it to "abc_122.pdf"?

Thank you very much!

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,486

Re: Custom Actions: How to replace spaces with underscores in file names?

Here is one way:

First, create a script file with the following content:

#!/bin/bash

for f in "$@"
do
        mv "$f" $(echo "$f" | sed -e 's/ /_/g')
done

...and make the file executable and save it somewhere in your PATH. For the sake of this example, lets call it /usr/local/bin/sp.

Then create a Thunar custom action with the following command:

sp %F

...and make sure to select all options on the Appearance Conditions tab.

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Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

Re: Custom Actions: How to replace spaces with underscores in file names?

if you have the "rename" command (written in perl), it can apply a pcre to the names of globs of files.  for example:

rename -v 's/ /_/' *