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replaces spaces with underscores in file names if rename utility is unavailable
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rename_files_with_spaces
#!/bin/bash
# replace spaces with underscores in file names
ls | while read file
do
mv "$file" "$(echo "$file" | sed -e 's/\ /_/g')"
done
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david-pm commented May 30, 2016

Some systems dont have the rename command available

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