https://github.com/slhck/sanitize-filenames

macOS workflow to sanitize filenames
https://github.com/slhck/sanitize-filenames

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macOS workflow to sanitize filenames

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/slhck/sanitize-filenames
• Owner: slhck
• Created: 2021-03-16T08:55:48.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-03-16T08:58:43.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-03T02:54:25.749Z (10 days ago)
• Size: 1.42 MB
• Stars: 15
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# sanitize-filenames

macOS workflow to sanitize filenames.

A workflow that you can use to handle weird characters in filenames.

## Usage

- Download the zip file

- Extract the app

- Run the app

- It'll ask you for a folder name

- Done

## What it does

It creates a Workflow applicatoin doing the following:

- Asks for Finder items (you should allow only folders)

- Sets this result as a variable

- It runs a shell script to do the renaming

The script is:

```bash

for f in "$1"/*; do

  dir="$(dirname "$f")"

  file="$(basename "$f")"

  mv -- "$f" "${dir}/${file//[^0-9A-Za-z.]}"

done

```

## License

Do whatever you want with this.