* recursively move types of files
@ 2008-05-15 0:22 Charles L. Snyder
2008-05-15 7:04 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Charles L. Snyder @ 2008-05-15 0:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hi
I have 2 separate but file management - related questions (emacs
22.2.1, mac leopard system):
1. I want to move all .pdb files from a folder (and all its
subfolders):
/Users/cls/ebooks
to another folder:
/Users/cls/pdb_files
I can find all the files with Alt-x find-dired RET ~/ebooks RET -name
"*.pdb" RET
but how do I mark and move the files within emacs?
2. I have a huge number of files named like this
"Report_work_01232008_blah.pdf", and I want to replace all the "_"
with " "
ie., "Report work 01232008 blah.pdf"
Some files have one underscore, some have many more.
When I Crtl-x d to the folder, and mark all files containing (% g RET
_ ) an underscore, there are several problems:
- it doesn't search and mark files in the the subdirectories / nested
folders
- only the first underscored in the filename is changed, not all of
them (how do I fix the regex for "_")
- I sometimes get a 'maximum buffer size exceeded'.
Thanks in advance
cls
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* Re: recursively move types of files
2008-05-15 0:22 recursively move types of files Charles L. Snyder
@ 2008-05-15 7:04 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-05-15 12:06 ` Peter Dyballa
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From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2008-05-15 7:04 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Charles L. Snyder wrote:
> 1. I want to move all .pdb files from a folder (and all its
> subfolders):
>
> /Users/cls/ebooks
>
> to another folder:
> /Users/cls/pdb_files
>
> I can find all the files with Alt-x find-dired RET ~/ebooks RET -name
> "*.pdb" RET
> but how do I mark and move the files within emacs?
Since originally none of the files are marked, dired-toggle-marks (bound
to `t') marks them all. Then dired-do-rename (bound to `R') will move
them.
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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* Re: recursively move types of files
2008-05-15 0:22 recursively move types of files Charles L. Snyder
2008-05-15 7:04 ` Kevin Rodgers
@ 2008-05-15 12:06 ` Peter Dyballa
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2008-05-15 13:21 ` Ken Goldman
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2008-05-15 12:06 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Charles L. Snyder; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 15.05.2008 um 02:22 schrieb Charles L. Snyder:
> 2. I have a huge number of files named like this
> "Report_work_01232008_blah.pdf", and I want to replace all the "_"
> with " "
It's probably better to do it outside dired-mode, in a *shell* buffer:
find <directory> -type f -exec trans.sh {} \;
maybe added with a -name <pattern> option and a shell script trans.sh
like:
#!/bin/sh
dir="`dirname $1`"
fil="`basename $1`"
new="`echo "$fil" | tr _ ' '`"
mv "$1" "$dir/$new"
or in bash:
#!/bin/bash
dir=$(dirname $1)
fil=$(basename $1)
new=$(echo "$fil" | tr _ ' ')
mv "$1" "$dir/$new"
--
Greetings
Pete
When in doubt, use brute force.
– Ken Thompson
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* Re: recursively move types of files
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@ 2008-05-15 12:15 ` Sven Joachim
2008-05-15 13:24 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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From: Sven Joachim @ 2008-05-15 12:15 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2008-05-15 14:06 +0200, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 15.05.2008 um 02:22 schrieb Charles L. Snyder:
>
>> 2. I have a huge number of files named like this
>> "Report_work_01232008_blah.pdf", and I want to replace all the "_"
>> with " "
>
>
> It's probably better to do it outside dired-mode, in a *shell* buffer:
Why that? I'd switch to wdired-mode and do a query-replace followed by
C-c C-c. No need to write a shell script.
Sven
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* Re: recursively move types of files
2008-05-15 0:22 recursively move types of files Charles L. Snyder
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@ 2008-05-15 13:21 ` Ken Goldman
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From: Ken Goldman @ 2008-05-15 13:21 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
wdired-mode
Charles L. Snyder wrote:
>
> 2. I have a huge number of files named like this
> "Report_work_01232008_blah.pdf", and I want to replace all the "_"
> with " "
> ie., "Report work 01232008 blah.pdf"
> Some files have one underscore, some have many more.
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* Re: recursively move types of files
2008-05-15 12:15 ` Sven Joachim
@ 2008-05-15 13:24 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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From: Thierry Volpiatto @ 2008-05-15 13:24 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Sven Joachim; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> writes:
> On 2008-05-15 14:06 +0200, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>> Am 15.05.2008 um 02:22 schrieb Charles L. Snyder:
>>
>>> 2. I have a huge number of files named like this
>>> "Report_work_01232008_blah.pdf", and I want to replace all the "_"
>>> with " "
>>
>>
>> It's probably better to do it outside dired-mode, in a *shell* buffer:
>
> Why that? I'd switch to wdired-mode and do a query-replace followed by
> C-c C-c. No need to write a shell script.
>
> Sven
>
To serial rename files you can also use:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/SerialRename
(Not sure it will work with space, it's a long time i don't check this code)
Tought it's a bad idea to name files ala losedows with spaces.
--
A + Thierry
Pub key: http://pgp.mit.edu
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