[ale] Problems w/ mv and sed

[Geoffrey]

Bingo, the first file contains an embedded space.  The space between the 
  'To' and 'Zanarkand'.  This is the problem.  Try this:

for fn in *.OK;do
	mv "$fn" "${fn%.OK}"
done

Stephen Touset wrote:
> What do you mean by "embedded" spaces? I'll just show you a few
> examples...
> 
> Final Fantasy X - OST - Disc 1 - 02. To Zanarkand.mp3.OK
> Final Fantasy X - OST - Disc 1 - 03. The Prelude.mp3.OK
> Final Fantasy X - OST - Disc 1 - 04. Tidus' Theme.mp3.OK
> Final Fantasy X - OST - Disc 1 - 05. Otherworld.mp3.OK
> Final Fantasy X - OST - Disc 1 - 06. Hurry.mp3.OK
> Final Fantasy X - OST - Disc 1 - 07. This Is Your Story.mp3.OK
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 21:23, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>Do the file names have embedded spaces?
>>
>>Stephen Touset wrote:
>>
>>>I still get
>>>
>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>
>>>Stephen Touset
>>>
>>>On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 20:29, Geoffrey wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>We just covered something similar to this a few days ago.  Try this:
>>>>
>>>>for fn in *.OK;do
>>>>	mv $fn ${fn%.OK}
>>>>done
>>>>
>>>>Stephen Touset wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I've been busy getting some music on gtk-gnutella, and it evidently
>>>>>renamed files to $(FILENAME).OK if it's good after completion, or
>>>>>$(FILENAME).BAD if it's corrupted. This is all fine and dandy, except
>>>>>XMMS uses the filename to determine whether or not it can play the file.
>>>>>Not to mention, I'd rather not have an .mp3 collection entirely named
>>>>>.mp3.OK. So this is a job for sed, right? Well, here's the command I
>>>>>wrote up, and here's the output:
>>>>>
>>>>>for FILE in ./*\.OK; do mv \"$FILE\" \"`echo $FILE | sed -e
>>>>>'s/\.OK//'`\"; done;
>>>>>
>>>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>>>mv: when moving multiple files, last argument must be a directory
>>>>>Try `mv --help' for more information.
>>>>>
>>>>>etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>However, when I use an echo command within the statement:
>>>>>
>>>>>for FILE in ./*\.OK; do echo mv \"$FILE\" \"`echo $FILE | sed -e
>>>>>'s/\.OK//'`\"; done;
>>>>>
>>>>>I get:
>>>>>
>>>>>mv "./Boston Pops - Final Fantasy 7 Theme.mp3.OK" "./Boston Pops - Final
>>>>>Fantasy 7 Theme.mp3"
>>>>>mv "./Boston Pops - Gone With The WInd - Tara's Theme.mp3.OK" "./Boston
>>>>>Pops - Gone With The WInd - Tara's Theme.mp3"
>>>>>
>>>>>etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>Which seems to be as it should. Anyone know what might be causing this?
>>>>>
>>>>>Stephen Touset
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>
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> 
> 

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