Rename/replace

[BillRichardson]

Thank you for your insight and patience.

Learn Sed ( stream editor ).  One simple line of code does it all:

type _txtfiles.txt   |  sed 's/_/ /g' > newfiles.txt

ref:

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/used.htm

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/editor-faq/sed/

[Salmon Trout]

bill, will you please shut up about sed.

[ghostdog74]

Learn Sed ( stream editor ).  One simple line of code does it all:

type _txtfiles.txt   |  sed 's/_/ /g' > newfiles.txt

ref:

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/used.htm

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/editor-faq/sed/

that's only part of the story! you need to rename your files....

[ghostdog74]

bill, will you please shut up about sed.

be gentle, its the new year . Using sed is not wrong.  all depends on OP.

[Salmon Trout]

you're right Ghostdog.

Bill will you please shut up about sed give us several pages full of stuff about sed, maybe, hopefully including what the OP asked for, but not if you don't want to. It's not like this is a "help" forum, after all.

[BillRichardson]

Bill, will you please shut up about sed.

Who are You?  You are not in charge of anything.

Sed is without a doubt the best solution.

[Salmon Trout]

I don't see any renaming going on, bill.

[Helpmeh]

Ghostdog, there are no instances of multiple underscores, but I would want them replaced by a single space.

Problem solved. No need to argue about using sed or not. The code already posted without sed works perfectly fine so stop fighting. You (the second-person, multiple, you) are just spamming the forums with USELESS posts!

[Salmon Trout]

I reckon all this kind of stuff probably puts people off coming back. They read their email, see a notification, click the link, read a half baked reply from BillTard, and then go somewhere else. He should be deleted and deleted again every time he comes back.

[BC_Programmer]

Who are You?  You are not in charge of anything.

HE SAID PLEASE!


GAWD!

*storms off*

[BillRichardson]

I don't see any renaming going on, Bill.

See post #5 in this thread.

[Helpmeh]

See post #5 in this thread.

Way to edit your post with more useless code.

[BillRichardson]

Way to edit your post with more useless code.

You are right. There is only one solution and Helpmeh provided the code.

We all learn from Helpmeh.

Helpmeh can earn a great salary in the computer field if he remains in the computer field.

Good luck.

[kpac]

Bill, if I was new to this forum I'd think you were about 5 years old.

[ghostdog74]

Way to edit your post with more useless code.

I don't think its useless like you said. let's be fair, first, using sed is not wrong. sed IS and CAN be used to change text/strings. What he is doing is on the right track (although there are obstacles in that track). second, why don't we let OP decide which is the best for himself.
lastly, let us enjoy the new year and have peace for 1 day. (at least )