Re removing hyphens from filenames

>Oh that's *easy*! And there's only /one/ way to do it
...

You reckon?  I've found it defers from UNIX / shell, it's
abit of a pain
though.  Try single quotes to start off i.e. rm
'file-name'.
You might then try escaping the hypen though I don't think
that work rm
file-name, or then if all else fails try a rm -i *.

That could possibly get it   But like
a previous poster said why the heck
would people be asking this here anyway.

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>       cities. (Pedro Figueiredo)
>    3. Re: Exception Handling (Matt Sergeant)
>    4. Re: Wikipedia on handheld devices (Smylers)
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>       cities. (muppet)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:46:49 +0100
> From: "Robin Barker" <Robin.Barkernpl.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: needs some advice - is bond ok for Perl
jobs or other
>         cities.
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> > Too many threads, pl. provide something
meaningful.
> > Pl. am not offending anyone,
>
> Crime is worse in big cities rather than small cities
or towns or the
> countryside.
>
> bond is a big city, most other big cities are in the
"industrial"
> "north" of England:
> from Birmingham/Leicester/Nottingham northwards to
Newcastle (the one in
> the North ).
>
> Nevertheless many places in these big cities (bond
especially, perhaps)
> are peaceful,
> affluent and wonderful places.  Literally, you pay your
money and makes
> your choice.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Robin
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> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:11:31 +0100
> From: "Pedro Figueiredo" <mepedrofigueiredo.org>
> Subject: Re: needs some advice - is bond ok for Perl
jobs or other
>         cities.
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> On 11/07/07, abhishek jain <mailwebbee.biz> wrote:
> > >
> > Too many threads, pl. provide something meaning
ful.
> > Pl. am not offending anyone,
>
> don't ever ask how to remove a file with a hyphen in
its name.
> --
> http://pedrofigueiredo.or
g/
> bgp is for those who can't keep it static long enough
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:30:47 +0100 (BST)
> From: Matt Sergeant <msergeantmessagelabs.com>
> Subject: Re: Exception Handling
> To: "bond.pm Perl M\[ou\]ngers"
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> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Dave Cross wrote:
>
> > We're currently contemplating changing the
exception handling for the
> project
> > I'm maintaining and Mark's talk would be a good
introduction to the
> issues we
> > need to consider. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem
to be on the tech talk
> page
> > on the web site[2].
> >
> > So, does anyone have either a) a link to that talk
or b) an interesting
> > opinion on which exception handlers I should be
investigating?
>
> I try not to give opinions on which exception handling
modules to use, but
> I do have a couple of talks on this:
>
> http://axkit.org/docs/presentations/tpc2002/exceptions
.pdf
> http://axkit.org/docs/presentations/tpc2001/exce
ptions.axp/a.pdf
>
> (the first one is better than the second).
>
> Matt.
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:20:49 +0100
> From: Smylers <Smylersstripey.com>
> Subject: Re: Wikipedia on handheld devices
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> David Cantrell writes:
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> > On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 01:56:03AM +0100, Smylers
wrote:
> >
> > > David Cantrell writes:
> > >
> > > > This was prompted by Wikipedia being
impossible to use on my Treo
> > > > because the page layout assumes you have
a large screen.
> > >
> > > Hmmm, the HTML source of Wikipedia pages
seems to include:
> > >   <link rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css" media="handheld"
> > >  
href="/skins-1.5/monobook/handheld.css?80" />
> > > So if your Treo is correctly identifying
itself as a handheld device
> > > then it should get that version rather than
the one for full-sized
> > > screens.
>
> I got that wrong (sorry).  It's the client, not the
server, which picks
> which CSS is used.  The device should know that because
it's handheld
> it's better downloading and using the style-sheet so
labelled rather
> than the standard one.
>
> > If it does, then the stylesheet is broken, cos
it's unusable.
>
> Possibly; I haven't got a suitable gadget for trying it
out on, and I'm
> not sufficiently intrigued to bother downloading the
CSS and manually
> applying it with a 'normal' browser.
>
> > > > I'm also finding it useful on a desktop
because, without all the
> > > > images and the complex page layout,
pages load faster.
> > >
> > > Looking at, say:
> > >   
http://wikiproxy.cantrell.org.uk/?.=Richard+Thompson
> > > It seems quite similar to the effect you get
merely by going to the
> > > Wikipedia page then in Firefox choosing [some
menus]
> >
> > But I'm not running Firefox on my phone.  Nor does
any normal person.
>
> Sure.  I only mentioned that as a quick way for anybody
who happens to
> be using Firefox to see what the page looks like
without CSS.
>
> And you do say above you're "also finding it
useful on a desktop", where
> it's plausible you're running Firefox.
>
> > > That link explicitly says to preview MySkin
on that page (but not on
> > > pages it links to).
> >
> > So not very useful really!
>
> It's useful for providing a link on a mailing list
previewing what the
> output is like if you choose that 'skin' -- which is
exactly what I was
> using it for!
>
> > And if this was widely known, I would have thought
that google would
> > at least have been able to point me at it.
>
> Yeah, I can't remember where I knew this from.  I've
hacked on a
> MediaWiki installation at work, and now know rather
more about it than
> I'd like to.  But I agree this kind of thing is far
from obvious.
>
> > Also, remember that removing cruft with a
stylesheet still downloads
> > the cruft, it just doesn't display it.
>
> That's an excellent point that I hadn't thought of.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Smylers
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:39:29 -0400
> From: muppet <scottasofyet.org>
> Subject: Re: needs some advice - is bond ok for Perl
jobs or other
>         cities.
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> On Jul 11, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Pedro Figueiredo wrote:
>
> > On 11/07/07, abhishek jain <mailwebbee.biz> wrote:
> >> >
> >> Too many threads, pl. provide something
meaning ful.
> >> Pl. am not offending anyone,
> >
> > don't ever ask how to remove a file with a hyphen
in its name.
>
> Gracious me!  How on earth might one do that?!?!
>
> /me runs away
>
> --
> It's all very complicated and would take a scientist to
explain it.
>    -- MST3K
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:08:30 -0400
> From: Chris Devers <cdeverspobox.com>
> Subject: "Too clever by half", or, "Look
ma, no hands!"
> To: voidslab.org, "bond.pm Perl M [ou]
ngers"
>         <bond.pmbond.pm.org>,     
boston perl mongers <
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> http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/07/vistas-advanc
ed-speech-
> recognition.html
>
> http://www
.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLqUf4cdwc
>
>
> --
> Chris Devers
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:13:02 -0400
> From: Chris Devers <cdeverspobox.com>
> Subject: Re: (void) "Too clever by half", or,
"Look ma, no hands!"
> To: voidslab.org
> Cc: boston perl mongers <boston-pmmail.pm.org>,        "bond.pm Perl M
>         [ou] ngers" <bond.pmbond.pm.org>
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> Sorry if you got that more last one than once, I
changed my mind
> about cross-posting it but then, err, hit send before
remembering to
> delete the extraneous addresses.
>
> Still though, it's funny stuff. Really.
>
> *ahem*
>
>
> --
> Chris Devers
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:09:11 +0100
> From: "Matt Wilson" <codebrewerygmail.com>
> Subject: Re: needs some advice - is bond ok for Perl
jobs or other
>         cities.
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> On 7/11/07, Pedro Figueiredo <mepedrofigueiredo.org> wrote:
> > On 11/07/07, abhishek jain <mailwebbee.biz> wrote:
> > > >
> > > Too many threads, pl. provide something
meaning ful.
> > > Pl. am not offending anyone,
> >
> > don't ever ask how to remove a file with a hyphen
in its name.
>
> Oh that's *easy*! And there's only /one/ way to do it
...
>
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On 7/12/07, Jamie Nicholson <jamie.nicholsongmail.com> wrote:
> >Oh that's *easy*! And there's only /one/ way to do
it ...
>
> You reckon?  I've found it defers from UNIX / shell,
it's abit of a pain
> though.  Try single quotes to start off i.e. rm
'file-name'.
> You might then try escaping the hypen though I don't
think that work rm
> file-name, or then if all else fails try a rm -i *.
>
> That could possibly get it   But like
a previous poster said why the heck
> would people be asking this here anyway.

I guess you missed the ridiculously long thread about
removing files
with hyphens in ... long story short, there are a million+1
ways to
skin a cat.

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 12:15:59PM +0100, Jamie Nicholson
wrote:
>> Oh that's *easy*! And there's only /one/ way to do
it ...
> You reckon? I've found it defers from UNIX / shell,
it's abit of a pain
> though. Try single quotes to start off i.e. rm
'file-name'. You might then
> try escaping the hypen though I don't think that work
rm file-name, or
> then if all else fails try a rm -i *.

"Removing hyphens from filenames" is a different
problem from "removing
files whose name starts with a hyphen".

find . | sort -r | perl -ne 'chomp; $a=$_; s/-//g; rename
$a, $_ or die "Rename $a to $_ failed: $!"'

would probably do it. There's probably some clever Unix
filter I've
forgotten that would have saved me breaking out the Perl.

> That could possibly get it  But like a
previous poster said why the heck
> would people be asking this here anyway.

I've got a better question. Why on earth did you append a
list archive to
your post?

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 12:34:55PM +0100, Peter Corlett
wrote:
> 
> "Removing hyphens from filenames" is a
different problem from "removing
> files whose name starts with a hyphen".
> 
> find . | sort -r | perl -ne 'chomp; $a=$_; s/-//g;
rename $a, $_ or die "Rename $a to $_ failed:
$!"'
> 
> would probably do it. There's probably some clever Unix
filter I've
> forgotten that would have saved me breaking out the
Perl.


for f in `find . -name '*-*'`; do mv $f `echo $f | tr -d -`;
done


Abigail

On 7/12/07, Abigail <abigailabigail.be> wrote:
> for f in `find . -name '*-*'`; do mv $f `echo $f | tr
-d -`; done

I generally avoid the use of `for' in operations such as
this - you
never know when people have created files with spaces in the
name.

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 01:10:16PM +0100, Matt Wilson
wrote:
> On 7/12/07, Abigail <abigailabigail.be> wrote:
> >for f in `find . -name '*-*'`; do mv $f `echo $f |
tr -d -`; done
> 
> I generally avoid the use of `for' in operations such
as this - you
> never know when people have created files with spaces
in the name.


In that case:

IFS=
for f in `find . -name '*-*'`; do mv $f `echo $f | tr -d -`;
done


Abigail

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 02:28:52PM +0200, Abigail wrote:

> > >for f in `find . -name '*-*'`; do mv $f `echo
$f | tr -d -`; done
> > 
> > I generally avoid the use of `for' in operations
such as this - you
> > never know when people have created files with
spaces in the name.
> 
> In that case:
> 
> IFS=
> for f in `find . -name '*-*'`; do mv $f `echo $f | tr
-d -`; done

I'd rather do a:
find -print0 . <find-pattern> | xargs -0 <file
manipulation commands>

That solves any problems wrt shell limits on parameter count
and special
characters.

-- 
Andreas

On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 12:34 +0100, Peter Corlett wrote:

> 
> I've got a better question. Why on earth did you append
a list archive to
> your post?
> 

Digest sweety, digest.

There is however an example in the procmailex manpage of
splitting up a
digest into the individual messages.

/J

On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 14:49 +0200, Andreas Plesner Jacobsen
wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 02:28:52PM +0200, Abigail
wrote:
> 
> > > >for f in `find . -name '*-*'`; do mv $f
`echo $f | tr -d -`; done
> > > 
> > > I generally avoid the use of `for' in
operations such as this - you
> > > never know when people have created files
with spaces in the name.
> > 
> > In that case:
> > 
> > IFS=
> > for f in `find . -name '*-*'`; do mv $f `echo $f |
tr -d -`; done
> 
> I'd rather do a:
> find -print0 . <find-pattern> | xargs -0 <file
manipulation commands>
> 
> That solves any problems wrt shell limits on parameter
count and special
> characters.
> 

Just so we don't miss out on anything that we might have
discussed in
the past, maybe we should start with "What substances
do you find
enhances the programming experience"[1]

/J

[1] yes, that is a deliberate in-joke for anyone who was
wondering.

On 7/12/07, Jonathan Stowe <jnsgellyfish.com> wrote:
> Digest sweety, digest.
>
> There is however an example in the procmailex manpage
of splitting up a
> digest into the individual messages.

There's even the possibility of <GASP!> editing your
reply!  Of
course, that does cost one sixty or so seconds, which one
will never
get back.

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