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filename with no spaces from two command lines

I am running two Linux commands and I want to put the resulting values together in a filename with no spaces and a dot separating the two values. So far, I've got this: pid=`sudo dmidecode -s ...
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Bash shell script to locate and remove substring within a filename

I am trying to write a bash shell script in Mac OS X 10.6 (which is called by an Automator Action) to rename TV show DVD rips that I have named badly over the years. I want to remove part of the text ...