Re: shell script for removing unprintable characters in file names

Anno domini 2024 Sat, 30 Nov 20:22:16 +0100
 Dag-Erling Smørgrav scripsit:
> Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> writes:
> > 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.
> 
> Look for convtools on github.

There's "detox", too.

Nik
> 
> DES



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