To get rid of special characters in filenames

[irixfan]

I need the syntax how to handle special characters '[]' in a csh (or another) script. In my directory several files have string '[1]' in their filenames and I would like to rename them all with a script to remove '[1]' from filenames. (like 'mv filename[1].jpg filename.jpg')
I guess the backslash \ is the solution but I can't get it work in a script.

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:

#!/bin/ksh
find . -name '*\[?\]*' -print |
 sed 's!\(.*\)\[1\]\(.*\)!mv \1[1]\2 \1\2!' | sh

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[talisker123gjs]

As per your example, if you have files with names like filename[1].jpg and you want to strip off the '[1]', then you can try the following script :

=========================
#!/bin/ksh
for i in `ls *\[*\].jpg`
do
mv $i `echo ${i%%\[*\]*}.jpg`
done
==========================

Hope this helps ya !

 

[irixfan]

Yes, now I see, thanks a lot!