Re: shell script for removing unprintable characters in file names

In reply to: Per olof Ljungmark : "shell script for removing unprintable characters in file names"
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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 05:49:53 UTC

On 30/11/2024 15:33, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am tasked with recovering hundreds or more files created with 
> unknown OSs and have unknown characters in the name, replaced with a '?'.
>
> Like file?nam?.???
>
> Please, if you have such a script can you post or email it? Replacing 
> the unknown character with anything, like '-' or '_' using whatever 
> shell, sh, bash or csh.
>
> Thanks a lot!


This is off-topic, but it appeared (probably as a fortune/tip) on the 
same day as me reading your email, so I'll throw it into the mix:


Want to strip UTF-8 BOM(Byte Order Mark) from given files?

         sed -e '1s/^\xef\xbb\xbf//' < bomfile > newfile