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Asked: 2026-06-08T13:48:49+00:00

I’m trying to rename files like *%3A*%3A*.xml to : :*.xml. MODFILE=`echo $1 | tr

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I’m trying to rename files like *%3A*%3A*.xml to ::*.xml. 

MODFILE=`echo $1 | tr -s '"%3A"' ':'`
mv $1 "${MODFILE}"

Does the Job as long as i dont have %3A more than once directly consecutive. I searched a lot and found several Scripts to rename just the first occurrence or its only working when i only have one occurrence.

For example this works only with one occurrence:

for files in *%3A*.xml
do
  mv "$files" "${files/%3A/:}"
done

Can someone please help me with this? I’m not that comfortable with shellscripting :/

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re almost there, if you use:

    mv "$files" "${files//%3A/:}"

    (two slashes instead of one), then all occurrences will be replaced.

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