A script to fix filenames that are incompatible with Windows.

tmsanitize4e.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

# tmsanitize4e.rb
# A script to sanitize filenames that are incompatible with Windows.

require 'uri'
require 'find'
require 'fileutils'
include FileUtils::Verbose

BADCHARS = /([<>\|:\*…\"\?\\“”↵—↓↵‘’])/
target_dir = ARGV[0]

def sanitize(f)
  URI.escape(f, BADCHARS).chomp
end

def verbose_rename (orig_name, new_name)
  File.rename(orig_name, new_name)
  puts orig_name + " --> " + new_name
end

Find.find(target_dir) do |f| 
   orig_name = File.basename(f)
   clean_name = sanitize(File.basename(f))
   dirname = File.dirname(f) + "/"
   verbose_rename(dirname + orig_name, dirname + clean_name) unless (orig_name === clean_name)
end