Useful script to remove extra MacOS metadata files and modify illegal/unrecognized filenames when moving files from MacOS to Linux

MacOS-to-Linux-File-Cleanup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Remove .DS_Store Files
find . -name ".DS_Store" -type f -delete

# Remove AppleDouble Files
find . -name '._*' -exec rm {} \;
find . -name ".AppleDouble" -type f -delete

# Change Any Illegal Solidus Chars in Filename to Fraction Slash
TARGET_CHAR=$(echo -ne '\xef\x80\xa2')
REPLACEMENT_CHAR="⁄"
find . -depth -name "*$TARGET_CHAR*" -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
	new_file=$(echo "$file" | sed "s/$TARGET_CHAR/$REPLACEMENT_CHAR/g")
	sudo mv "$file" "$new_file"; done

# Change unrecognized Mac quotes to ones recognized by Linux
TARGET_CHAR=$(echo -ne '\xef\x80\xa0')
REPLACEMENT_CHAR='"'
find . -depth -name "*$TARGET_CHAR*" -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
	new_file=$(echo "$file" | sed "s/$TARGET_CHAR/$REPLACEMENT_CHAR/g")
	sudo mv "$file" "$new_file"; done
	
# Just in case none of this works or you need something else, try: https://www.geraldonit.com/apple-afp-to-smb-migration-removing-appledouble-and-_-files-and-converting-file-names-from-unicode-nfd-to-nfc/