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https://github.com/io12/unf
UNixize Filename -- replace annoying anti-unix characters in filenames
https://github.com/io12/unf
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UNixize Filename -- replace annoying anti-unix characters in filenames
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/io12/unf
- Owner: io12
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-06-12T23:47:16.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-04-07T05:03:46.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-01T14:35:29.756Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: cli, files, rust, shell, unix
- Language: Rust
- Size: 450 KB
- Stars: 57
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 5
- Open Issues: 6
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# `unf`
UNixize Filename -- replace annoying anti-unix characters in filenames
## About
Certain characters in filenames are problematic for command-line users. For example, spaces and parentheses are treated specially by the shell. `unf` renames these files, so you no longer have to be annoyed when your Windows-using friend sends you an irritatingly-named zip file.
## Installing
### Using `cargo`
``` sh
cargo install unf
```
This installs to `~/.cargo/bin`, so make sure that's in your `PATH`.
### Arch Linux
Install `unf` from the AUR.
## Usage
```
unf [FLAGS] ...
```
`...`: The paths of filenames to unixize
`-r` `--recursive`: Recursively unixize filenames in directories. If some of the specified paths are directories, unf will operate recursively on their contents
`-f` `--force` Do not interactively prompt to rename each file
## Examples
``` sh
$ unf 🤔😀😃😄😁😆😅emojis.txt
rename '🤔😀😃😄😁😆😅emojis.txt' -> 'thinking_grinning_smiley_smile_grin_laughing_sweat_smile_emojis.txt'? (y/N): y
```
``` sh
$ unf -f 'Game (Not Pirated 😉).rar'
rename 'Game (Not Pirated 😉).rar' -> 'Game_Not_Pirated_wink.rar'
```
### Recursion
``` sh
$ unf -rf My\ Files/ My\ Folder
rename 'My Files/Passwords :) .txt' -> 'My Files/Passwords.txt'
rename 'My Files/Another Cool Photo.JPG' -> 'My Files/Another_Cool_Photo.JPG'
rename 'My Files/Wow Cool Photo.JPG' -> 'My Files/Wow_Cool_Photo.JPG'
rename 'My Files/Cool Photo.JPG' -> 'My Files/Cool_Photo.JPG'
rename 'My Files/' -> 'My_Files'
rename 'My Folder' -> 'My_Folder'
```
### Collisions
``` sh
$ unf -f -- --fake-flag.txt fake-flag.txt ------fake-flag.txt ' fake-flag.txt' $'\tfake-flag.txt'
rename '--fake-flag.txt' -> 'fake-flag_000.txt'
rename '------fake-flag.txt' -> 'fake-flag_001.txt'
rename ' fake-flag.txt' -> 'fake-flag_002.txt'
rename ' fake-flag.txt' -> 'fake-flag_003.txt'
```
## FAQ
### Is this useful?
Hopefully for some people. There are certain situations in which I believe this tool is useful.
- Downloading files uploaded by non-CLI users, especially large archives with poorly-named files
- The ` (1)` that gets appended to web browser download duplicates
- Unix tools which take advantage of the loose Unix filename restrictions (like `youtube-dl`, which creates filenames from the video title)
### How does this handle collisions?
Since `unf` is an automatic batch rename tool, there may be cases where the path to the unixized filename already exists. `unf` resolves this crisis by appending and incrementing a zero-padded number to the end of the file stem. An example of this is displayed [here](#collisions).
### Why is the collision-resolving number zero-padded?
It has the nice property of being ordered when using tools that sort filenames by ASCII values, such as `ls` and shell completion.
### Why not just use shell completion to access problematic filenames?
Shell completion can automatically insert backslash escapes, but this is sub-optimal. The backslash escapes make the filenames substantially less readable. However, shell completion is great for invoking `unf`.