Remove all types of quotation marks (includes the funky slanted quotes used by Yahoo et al) and vertical lines (pipe symbols, "|")

rm-charset.sh

#! /usr/bin/env bash
#
# [ rm-charset.sh ]
#
#    Remove all types of quotation marks (includes the funky slanted
#    quotes used by Yahoo et al) and vertical lines (pipe symbols, "|")
#
#    Created on 20200819 by h8rt3rmin8r (161803398@email.tg)
#
# Source:
#
#    Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/raw/c2SQdUuZ
#    Github:   https://bit.ly/2Q6V3G7
#

if [ -t 0 ]; then

    if [[ -f "${1}" ]]; then

        tr -s "['|\"]"[$'\u201C'$'\u201D'$'\u2018'$'\u2019'] ' ' <"${1}"

    elif [[ ! "x${1}" == "x" ]]; then

        tr -s "['|\"]"[$'\u201C'$'\u201D'$'\u2018'$'\u2019'] ' ' <<<"$@"

    else

        echo "ERROR: Missing required input (may be a file, string, or pipe)" &>/dev/stderr

        exit 1
    fi
else

    tr -s "['|\"]"[$'\u201C'$'\u201D'$'\u2018'$'\u2019'] ' '

fi

exit $?