Hi Rob, Assuming that the file is named "name": echo $name|sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//' Then to rename the file: mv $name $(echo $name|sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//') This will remove any number of leading and trailing spaces. Cheers, Didier didieratslintdotfr Le 21/11/2023 à 16:34, 'Rob Hudson' via blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx a écrit : > I am not good with regexes at all. They give me a headache lol. Can anyone supply me a regex that will remove any trailing spaces in front or at the end of a file name? I use the program brename: > https://github.com/shenwei356/brename/ > I have a regex to remove double spaces, but now I need one that will knock off leading and trailing. > Thanks for any help. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.