Remove white space from file name and rename it with bash command

Posted on January 4th, 2008 by linux

Some Linux tools does not properly work with files which include spaces in their names. This simple bash for loop will remove white space from file names and rename/move for all files in the given directory.
First enter directory with cd:
cd /my/directory
and then run:
for f in *; do mv “$f” `echo $f | tr ‘ ‘ [...]

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Debian /etc/apt/sources.list Australia apt-get mirrors / repositories list

Posted on January 4th, 2008 by linux

Main debian Australia’s mirrors / repositories. Note that you do not need to include all repositories. Moreover use http or ftp not both to avoid Duplicate sources.list entry.
This list is for etch but you may change it to any other debian release. To change it to lenny change “etch” to “lenny”. You can also [...]

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