How to replace spaces in file names using a bash script

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I use:

for f in *\ *; do mv "$f" "${f// /_}"; done

Though it’s not recursive, it’s quite fast and simple. I’m sure someone here could update it to be recursive.

The ${f// /_} part utilizes bash’s parameter expansion mechanism to replace a pattern within a parameter with supplied string.
The relevant syntax is ${parameter/pattern/string}. See: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Shell-Parameter-Expansion.html or http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/pe .

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