Mass remove blank spaces from file names and folder names

Question

How can I remove blank spaces from files and folders names, but just at the beginning and at the end of the files and folders names?

Thanks.

Answer 1

There are apps that do this but I am not endorsing anything. In my experience, these apps save me hours, if not days, of work as often I need to rename or clean up thousands of images being imported from a camera.

Try searching for something like: Finder, Better, Rename.

Other than that -- you may have to write an AppleScript. There may be an AppleScript already out there. Search for AppleScripts, too.

Answer 2

maybe some thing like this to remove space from start of files:

for name in ; do mv -v -- "$name" "${name# }"; done 

maybe some thing like this to remove space from end of files:

for name in *; do mv -v -- "$name" "${name#% }"; done 

uses for loop with parameter expansion http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide/Parameters#Parameter_Expansion http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/073