[NTLUG:Discuss] remove apostrophe from filenames

[Robert Citek]

On 07/29/2007 04:56 PM, Mike LaPlante wrote:
> Can someone give me a quick script check for and remove apostrophes from 
> a ton of filenames. Doesn't have to be recursive, but won't hurt if it is.
> 
> I've been trying a very some simple "for" loops involving tr -d "'" but 
> I'm having trouble.

Assuming you're using bash, here's a sample:

$ touch a "a'b" "a b"

$ ls -1
a
a b
a'b

$ find . -name "*'*"
./a'b

$ find . -name "*'*" | while read name ; do
  mv "$name" "${name/\'/}"; done

$ ls -1
a
ab
a b

Regards,
- Robert