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I am working on a script that will read the name of a java app and rename the file to the name of the app. This is an effort to organize about 2500 programs. I know how to read the name of the program, but the command I'm using to rename the file puts a '?' just before the extension. Take a look:


This turns sample.jar into 'name of app'?.jar

So what do I need to do to get rid of the '?' ? This is the first shell script I've ever written in my life, so bear with me here...

Nevermind. I solved my problem with:


Apparently the way I had it was returning '\n' at the end, which was converted to '?' in the renaming process. If anyone knows a better or more efficient/faster way to do this, please share!