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Remove spaces and special characters from file and folder names (in zsh)
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| #!/usr/bin/env zsh | |
| autoload -U zmv | |
| # Safety first: Always use -n switch to test changes before commit. | |
| # Clean up file names in subdirectories and remove special characters | |
| zmv -n '(**/)(*)' '$1${2//[^A-Za-z0-9.-]/_}' | |
| # Replace spaces in filenames and folders with a hyphen | |
| zmv -n '* *' '$f:gs/ /-' |
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