From: badboy <badboy@...>
Date: 2009-03-16T21:52:52+09:00
Subject: Re: rudamentary question

Hayden Smith schrieb:
> Greetings,
> I'm looking to write a script to perform the functions listed as below, would anyone have any ideas as to how I might approach this situation:
> 1. I have a file called "David Slater - Pensive Moments.txt" which I wish to format to look like "David_Slater_-_Pensive_Moments.txt": Therefore translating all spaces for underscores.
> 2. I have a file called "[01] I am a fish.mp3" which I want to look like "01-I_Am_A_Fish.mp3" thus removing open brackets around numbers at the beginning, replacing the space between the number and name with a dash and performing the listed function as above.
> 3. The listed functions are required to be performed recursively across directory trees.
> Any assistance people can provide would be most appreciated.
> Regards,
> Hayden Smith
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I would use a construct like this to replace the parts:
> string.gsub(/^\[(\d+)\]\s?/,
'\1-').gsub(/\s+([-+\w])/){"_#{$1.upcase}"}.gsub(/^-/, '')
where string is your filename (works for both versions ;))