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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:51:29 +0100
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From: roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] simple question: multiple rename
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2009/6/8 Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Rudolf Sykora<rudolf.sykora@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Still wonder, what's the right way to make the following work:
>
> The right way is
>
> s=`{echo $i | sed 's/(.+)_g/\1/'}.

note that this won't work if the filenames contain white space.

(i still regret the fact that white space became allowable in file names)