remove_filename_spaces: Remove spaces in file names

In filesstrings: Handy File and String Manipulation

Remove spaces in file names

Description

Remove spaces in file names in a specified directory, replacing them with whatever you want, default nothing.

Usage

remove_filename_spaces(dir = ".", pattern = "", replacement = "")

Arguments

dir	The directory in which to perform the operation.
pattern	A regular expression. If specified, only files matching this pattern will be treated.
replacement	What do you want to replace the spaces with? This defaults to nothing, another sensible choice would be an underscore.

Value

A logical vector indicating which operation succeeded for each of the files attempted. Using a missing value for a file or path name will always be regarded as a failure.

Examples

## Not run: 
dir.create("RemoveFileNameSpaces_test")
setwd("RemoveFileNameSpaces_test")
files <- c("1litres 1.txt", "1litres 30.txt", "3litres 5.txt")
file.create(files)
remove_filename_spaces()
list.files()
setwd("..")
dir.remove("RemoveFileNameSpaces_test")

## End(Not run)

filesstrings documentation built on Feb. 16, 2023, 7:25 p.m.