popd &>/dev/null
}
-# function spacem()
-# {
-# while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-# arg="$1"; shift
-# if [ ! -f "$arg" -a ! -d "$arg" ]; then
-# echo "=> did not find a file or directory named '$arg'."
-# continue
-# fi
-#
-# # first we will capture the output of the character replacement operation for reporting.
-# # this is done first since some filenames can't be properly renamed in perl (e.g. if they
-# # have pipe characters apparently).
-# intermediate_name="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/replace_spaces_with_underscores.sh" "$arg")"
-# local saw_intermediate_result=0
-# if [ -z "$intermediate_name" ]; then
-# # make sure we report something, if there are no further name changes.
-# intermediate_name="'$arg'"
-# else
-# # now zap the first part of the name off (since original name isn't needed).
-# intermediate_name="$(echo $intermediate_name | sed -e 's/.*=> //')"
-# saw_intermediate_result=1
-# fi
-#
-# # first we rename the file to be lower case.
-# actual_file="$(echo $intermediate_name | sed -e "s/'\([^']*\)'/\1/")"
-# final_name="$(perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/renlower.pl "$actual_file")"
-# local saw_final_result=0
-# if [ -z "$final_name" ]; then
-# final_name="$intermediate_name"
-# else
-# final_name="$(echo $final_name | sed -e 's/.*=> //')"
-# saw_final_result=1
-# fi
-##echo intermed=$saw_intermediate_result
-##echo final=$saw_final_result
-#
-# if [[ $saw_intermediate_result != 0 || $saw_final_result != 0 ]]; then
-# # printout the combined operation results.
-# echo "'$arg' => $final_name"
-# fi
-# done
-# }
-
##############
# new breed of definer functions goes here. still in progress.
##############
+ # space 'em all: fixes naming for all of the files of the appropriate types
+ # in the directories specified.
+ function spacemall() {
+ local -a dirs=("${@}")
+ if [ ${#dirs[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+ dirs=(.)
+ fi
+
+ local charnfile="$(mktemp $TMP/zz_charn.XXXXXX)"
+ find "${dirs[@]}" -follow -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f | \
+ grep \
+"docx\|eml\|html\|jpeg\|jpg\|m4a\|mov\|mp3\|ods\|odt\|pdf\|png\|pptx\|txt\|xlsx\|zip" | \
+ sed -e 's/^/"/' | sed -e 's/$/"/' | \
+ xargs bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/spacem.sh"
+ # drop the temp file now that we're done.
+ rm "$charnfile"
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
# site avenger aliases
function switchto()
{