it’s the last day of 2021, she’s on her last legs, and good riddance to the old dame, she grew old real quick 
…
I just bought an album tonight (Digital, from bandcamp in FLAC), from 2008, a gifted blues / hard rock artist from Houma in LA (Louisiana) - Dax Riggs… And for the life of me - I couldn’t remember how The “F” I removed the superalative single quote from “I’m” in yet another bunch of filenames… I’m lazy - I came back here and had a gander - and then lightbulb moment “oh shit yeah - that’s right!” :
On my Macbook :
╭─x@methone.local /Volumes/BARGEARSE/MPZ/RiggsDax/2008-If This is Hell Then Im Lucky-FLAC
╰─➤ rename "s/\'//" * 130 ↵
╭─x@methone.local /Volumes/BARGEARSE/MPZ/RiggsDax/2008-If This is Hell Then Im Lucky-FLAC
╰─➤ ls -al
total 733481
drwxrwxr-x 2 x family 13 31 Dec 2021 .
drwxrwxr-x 6 xx family 7 31 Dec 19:43 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 42483847 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 01 Strange Television.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 31828660 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 02 Waking Up Insane.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 27459187 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 03 Song With No Name.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 22354385 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 04 Graves Beyond Windows.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 51531923 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 05 Otherworldly Dreamer.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 34618766 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 06 Like the Dead Would Laugh.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 30538373 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 07 High Monster.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 54564745 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 08 Heart of Green.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 26601712 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 09 Barefoot in the Dark.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 52475250 31 Dec 19:37 Dax Riggs - If This is Hell Then Im Lucky - 10 Theme.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 1081446 31 Dec 19:37 cover.jpg
╭─x@methone.local /Volumes/BARGEARSE/MPZ/RiggsDax/2008-If This is Hell Then Im Lucky-FLAC
╰─➤ rename 's/Dax\ Riggs\ -\ If\ This\ is\ Hell\ Then\ Im\ Lucky\ -\ //' *
╭─x@methone.local /Volumes/BARGEARSE/MPZ/RiggsDax/2008-If This is Hell Then Im Lucky-FLAC
╰─➤ ls -al
total 733481
drwxrwxr-x 2 x family 13 31 Dec 2021 .
drwxrwxr-x 6 xx family 7 31 Dec 19:43 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 42483847 31 Dec 19:37 01 Strange Television.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 31828660 31 Dec 19:37 02 Waking Up Insane.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 27459187 31 Dec 19:37 03 Song With No Name.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 22354385 31 Dec 19:37 04 Graves Beyond Windows.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 51531923 31 Dec 19:37 05 Otherworldly Dreamer.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 34618766 31 Dec 19:37 06 Like the Dead Would Laugh.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 30538373 31 Dec 19:37 07 High Monster.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 54564745 31 Dec 19:37 08 Heart of Green.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 26601712 31 Dec 19:37 09 Barefoot in the Dark.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 52475250 31 Dec 19:37 10 Theme.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 x family 1081446 31 Dec 19:37 cover.jpg
In nearly ALL cases, it pays to scrape off shitty characters, before attempting to replace big strings…