Find files with spaces in the bash

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I want to search for files in a folder which have a space in its filenames, f.e.

/vol1/apache2/application/current/Test 1.pdf
/vol1/apache2/application/current/Test 2.pdf

I know there's a find command but I can't figure out the correct parameters to list all those files.

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3 Answers

The following worked for me to find all files containing spaces:

find ./ -type f | grep " "

To also rename all found files to the same filename without the spaces, run the following:

find ./ -type f | grep " " | while read file; do mv "$file" ${file// }; done

Ways to configure the above script:

  • To rename only directories, change -type f to -type d
  • To use git-aware rename, change do mv to do git mv
  • To rename differently, change ${file// }; to ${file// /[some-string]};. For example, to replace the spaces with "_", use: ${file// /_}; (notice the leading "/")
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