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Rename leaving trailing character

rated 0 times [ 7] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 6414 / 2 Years ago, thu, april 14, 2022, 5:13:30

this one should be simple for anyone who knows the correct way to escape.
I'm attempting to batch rename a few hundred files that had u0026amp; pushed into
the file names instead of and or &. I tried using:

rename s/"u0026amp;"/"and"/g * but and getting names like Excision uand Datsik - Calypso.mp3 you can see the u wasn't escaped properly. What's the way to escape my
??

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answered 2 Years ago bleger · Accepted Answer

Not sure why you're using quotes like that. Here's how I use rename:

rename 's/search/replace/' *

And here's it in action:

oli@bert:~/Desktop/rawr$ ls

pieu333.sh

oli@bert:~/Desktop/rawr$ rename 's/u333/PIE/' *

oli@bert:~/Desktop/rawr$ ls

piePIE.sh

Your quotes seem to be throwing it off.