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November 20, 2022 19:18
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Bash script for generating reserved Windows file names and putting them in a ZIP file.
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#!/bin/bash | |
mkdir illegal_files # no -p flag, we don't want to overwrite/delete actual data | |
cd illegal_files | |
mkdir -p folders | |
mkdir -p files | |
mkdir -p files_with_extension | |
ILLEGAL_NAMES="CON PRN AUX NUL \ | |
COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 COM5 COM6 COM7 COM8 COM9 \ | |
LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 LPT4 LPT5 LPT6 LPT7 LPT8 LPT9 " | |
for NAME in $ILLEGAL_NAMES | |
do | |
mkdir "./folders/$NAME" | |
echo "I am inside the $NAME folder now." > "./folders/$NAME/file.txt" | |
echo "I have just created $NAME." > "./files/$NAME" | |
echo "I have just created $NAME.txt." > "./files_with_extension/$NAME.txt" | |
done | |
zip -m illegal_files.zip -r * | |
mv illegal_files.zip .. | |
cd .. | |
rm -rf illegal_files |
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