rmw


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#!/bin/sh
# Remove whitespaces in all filenames in a given directory

if [ "$#" -gt 1 ]; then
	echo "Usage: rmw <dir>" >&2
	exit 1
fi

if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
	dir="$(pwd)"
else
	dir="$1"
fi

cd "$dir" || {
	echo "Couldn't cd to directory. Exiting..." >&2
	exit 1
}

for file in "$dir"/*; do
	newname="$(echo "$file" | sed -e 's/["`”“-]*//g' -e 's/[ \t]+/\_/g')"
	mv "$file" "$newname"
done

exit 0