remove special character from files in directory

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I need to remove special characters from all .htm files in a directory. Ideally I need to keep the file name but if I have to I can copy each file to 1 or something like that.
Here is the command I need to run on each file: tr '\015' '\n' < $filename > $filename.1

Where is the problem? Apparently you know what you need to run. — NeplatnyUdaj, Jun 27 '14 at 14:08
I don't know how to do the for loop or the xargs to run that command on every file in directory ... and I don't know how to run that command and keep the same file name — , Jun 27 '14 at 14:09
and if I try this ls *.htm | xargs -i tr '\015' '\n' < {} > {}_1 then I get back: -bash: {}: No such file or directory — , Jun 27 '14 at 14:28
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/22229/xargs-with-stdin-stdout-redirection — didierc, Jun 28 '14 at 19:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '14 at 14:30

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I don't know what OS and interpreter you use, but this works for me on Debian/Bash:

for file in *.htm; do
  tr "\044" "\n" < $file > $file.1;
done

answered Jun 27 '14 at 14:30

NeplatnyUdaj

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