How to list files with spaces in the filenames on Linux.
How to list all files in a directory that have spaces in the filename. This is a very useful Linux tip.
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Properly remove all trailing whitespaces from a C source file.
Trailing whitespace in a C source file is very annoying, especially if it is a very large file. There is an easy way to fix this with the Linux command line. This sed(1) one-liner will remove all spaces from the file, erasing all of the unwanted spaces after characters that is the bane of autistic … Read more
Trim multiple spaces with sed into a normal string.
To trim multiple spaces from a sentence and turn it back into properly readable text, use this sed syntax. sed ‘s/ \+/ /g’sed ‘s/ \+/ /g’ This is an example. echo "Hello, this sentence has multiple spaces in it and needs fixing." Hello, this sentence has multiple spaces in it and needs fixing.echo "Hello, this … Read more
How to replace spaces in file or directory names with hyphens or underscores with the Linux shell.
This command will take all files and directories in a folder and replace all of the spaces in their names with hyphens. This could be a very useful command when you want the files to have sensible filenames. john@adeptus-mechanicus ~ $ ls -hula | perl -e ‘rename $_, s/\s+/-/gr for (<*>)’john@adeptus-mechanicus ~ $ ls -hula … Read more