[mythtv-users] Bash Script help please

Jeff volckaert jvolckaert at gmail.com
Tue Oct 10 18:49:17 UTC 2006


> This is just for the record since it's working to the OP's
> satisfaction but bash does substitutions like this:
>
> TITLE=${TITLE//[^a-zA-Z0-9]/}
>
> It saves a subprocess which can be helpful in a loop.
>

I spoke too soon.  I am using:
TITLE=`echo $3 | sed s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]//g`

($3 is the third variable passed to it which is TITLE)

and getting files like "Will-.avi".

I'll try using:

TITLE=$3
TITLE=${TITLE//[^a-zA-Z0-9]/}

 and see if that helps.

Jeff


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