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Re: Removing a space from file name

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On Mon, 2025-02-17 at 12:38 -0500, hput wrote:
> I have several hundred *.jpg files with this pattern
> 
> Actual example:
> 
>    'AtlantaVisitAndGrandmaHands 056.jpg'
> 
> The numbers vary, of course, but the alpha part and number of digits
> after the space is the same in all *.jpg files
> 
> I have hundreds of these all in one directory.  Not something you'd
> want to do one at a time.

Something like:

while (<*>) {
	rename $_, "$1$2.jpg" if $_ =~ /(.+) (.+)\.jpg/;
}


The RE matches any filename with a single space character and the .jpg
ending. I made the $_ explicit for clarity.
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