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diff --git a/rm_whitespaces b/rm_whitespaces
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$#" -gt 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: delete_whitespaces <directory>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
+    dir="$( pwd )"
+else
+    dir="$1"
+fi
+
+cd "$dir" || { echo "Couldn't cd to directory. Exiting..."; exit 1; }
+
+for file in "$dir"/*; do
+    newname="$( echo "$file" | sed 's/[ \t]/\_/g' )"
+    mv "$file" "$newname"
+done
+
+exit 0