RPi keeps replacing spaces in file names with "%20"

[Joe Schmoe]

having leading - in files names is a crime against humanity ... see also leading / trailing spaces
never create a file called
-rf
... ...

While annoying, this, too, is manageable, by getting in the habit of always using the "--" trick to block out interpreting variables as options. Note that this is fine in the modern GNU world, but many vendor-supplied tools don't recognize "--", which is a problem.

I've been doing a fair amount of programing in Tcl lately, and for some reason this issue arises frequently in Tcl programs. You quickly get in the habit of using "--" whenever applicable.

[miauriel]

Just out of curiosity here.... Is there a program that I can use to run through and do a find and replace command for file names? If that is the case, I could just do two runs (R1-"%20"->"_", R2- " "->"_") and be done with this.

[DirkS]

Just out of curiosity here.... Is there a program that I can use to run through and do a find and replace command for file names? If that is the case, I could just do two runs (R1-"%20"->"_", R2- " "->"_") and be done with this.

Googled 'linux replace %20 in filename' and found http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1218113 and loads more
I think there are also some examples that can do it recursively

Gr.
Dirk.

[jojopi]

While annoying, this, too, is manageable, by getting in the habit of always using the "--" trick to block out interpreting variables as options. Note that this is fine in the modern GNU world, but many vendor-supplied tools don't recognize "--", which is a problem.

If the arguments you are dealing with are filenames, then I think the "./*" convention is better and more portable than the "-- *" convention. The main place I use "--" is in deliberate word-splitting, such as:

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line="date time operation"
set -- $line
echo "$3 at $1T$2"

Not sure about tickle.