How to remove spaces from end of file extension recursively

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I want to rename file extension from *.bmp? to *.bmp .
Sorry i tried a lot but being a newbie to linux. i need some help.

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19024380_fp_2.bmp?        19024532_fp_4.bmp?     19024673_fp_7.bmp?     19024813_fp_6.bmp? 19024380_fp_6.bmp?        19024532_fp_7.bmp?     19024674_17012014.jpg  19024813_fp_9.bmp?     19037410_fp_3.bmp?     19068206_fp_8.bmp?     19093436_fp_9.bmp?

Thanks in advance.

Posted 10-Feb-14 6:52am

Sanjeev236

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Vedat Ozan Oner · Answer 1 · 2014-02-10T07:16:00

Solution 1

assuming that you have ?(question mark) at the end of file:

$ ls -1 *.*"?" | sed 's/.$//' | while read a
 do
  mv $a"?" $a
 done

Posted 10-Feb-14 7:16am

Vedat Ozan Oner

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Sanjeev236 10-Feb-14 13:25pm

No Vedat.. those are blank spaces. I tried after modify the given script from "?" to " ".
But no luck.

Sanjeev236 10-Feb-14 13:29pm

Thanks a lot for giving best possible solution from your end..
but now i am going to rename using excel scripts.

Thanks A ton...

CPallini · Answer 2 · 2014-02-10T07:24:00

Solution 2

I don't know what it as to do with recursion. You may change file names this way:

rename 's/\.bmp\?/\.bmp/' *

(see How to: Rename multiple files with "rename"[^]).

Posted 10-Feb-14 7:24am

CPallini

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Sanjeev236 10-Feb-14 13:29pm

Sorry No luck...Yet thanks a lot for giving best poosible solution from your end..
but now i am going to rename using excel scripts.

Thanks A ton...