weirdo-char-stripper

weirdo-char-stripper.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [ $(($#)) -gt 0 ]; then
	cwd=$1
else
	cwd=`pwd`
fi

cd "$cwd"

for folder in *
do
	new_folder=${folder//[^a-zA-Z0-9 .\-_]/}
	if ! [ -e "$new_folder" ]; then
		echo "Renaming '$folder' to '$new_folder'"
		mv "$folder" "$new_folder"
	else
		echo "Skipping '$folder'"
	fi
done