This is a bash script for use in Windows (for use with Cygwin/Git Bash etc) to shrink foldernames on shitty windows. Since shitty windows's shitty FS allows you to create files with a path length greater than the maximum allowable path length (!) you can end up with an undeletable folder structure. This script recurses through and renames everyt…

pathshrink.sh

#!/bin/bash

# set this to the problem folder
BASE=/c/Users/ndc/Dropbox/projects/delete-me

cd $BASE
for i in `find $BASE -depth`
do 
  DIR=`dirname $i`
  FILE=`basename $i`
  mv $i $DIR/${FILE:0:1}; 
done