recursively "normalize" filenames
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Published on 2011-01-17T20:59:36Z
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i have made a script, that can recursively rename files to get rid of special chars, etc. in filenames
e.g.: before:
THIS i.s my file (1).txt
after running the script:
This-i-s-my-file-1.txt
Ok. here it is:
But: when i wanted to test it "fully", with filenames like this:
¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÊËÌÎÏÐÑÒÔÕ×ØÙUÛUÝÞßàâãäåæçèêëìîïðñòôõ÷øùûýþÿ.txt
áíüuúöoóéÁÍÜUÚÖOÓÉ!"#$%&'()*+,:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ¡¢£.txt
it fails:
$ sh renamer.sh directorythathasthefiles
mv: cannot stat `./áíüuúöoóéÁÍÜUÚÖOÓÉ!"#$%&\'()*+,:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ¡¢£': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `./áíüuúöoóéÁÍÜUÚÖOÓÉ!"#$%&\'()*+,:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ¡¢£': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `./áíüuúöoóéÁÍÜUÚÖOÓÉ!"#$%&\'()*+,:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ¡¢£': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `./áíüuúöoóéÁÍÜUÚÖOÓÉ!"#$%&\'()*+,:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ¡¢£': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `./áíüuúöoóéÁÍÜUÚÖOÓÉ!"#$%&\'()*+,:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ¡¢£': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `./áíüuúöoóéÁÍÜUÚÖOÓÉ!"#$%&\'()*+,:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ¡¢£': No such file or directory
...and so on
so "mv" can't handle special chars.. :\
i worked on it for many hours..
does anyone has a working one? [that can handle chars [filenames] in that 2 lines too?]
Q on pastebin: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=19iYZpwY
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