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Remove special chars from files and directories recursively - Linux / Mac
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Via zsh. Enable zmv

autoload zmv

Replace all nont alpha-numeric chars with -

zmv '(**/)(*)' '$1${2//[^A-Za-z0-9]/_}'

Add suffix to all dirs and files recursively

zmv  '(**/)(*)' '$1$2_Archived'
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