replace spaces plus - john meister © 2016

#!/bin/bash
#
# 1999_Dec_14 - John Meister
# 2014_May_9 - update /  2014_Aug_28
# script to remove spaces in file names and replace with underscore
# can be used to change case, or replace spaces only
# cleans up web pages by eliminating special characters and sorts properly
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ls | while read -r FILE
  do
        # uncomment the next line to change to all lower case
#   mv -v "$FILE" `echo $FILE | tr ' ' '_' | tr -d '[{}(),\!]' | tr -d "\'" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | sed 's/_-_/_/g'`
        # uncomment the next line to NOT change case
    mv -v "$FILE" `echo $FILE | tr ' ' '_' | tr -d '[{}(),\!]' | tr -d "\'" |  sed 's/_-_/_/g'`
  done

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#   the following only removes spaces in file names:
# ls | while read -r FILE
#   do
#    mv -v "$FILE" `echo $FILE | tr ' ' '_' `
#   done
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    john meister, lab manager, mstm
  IT systems design and integration specialist   
     Linux, UNIX and lesser OSes
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