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Created March 14, 2023 15:33
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This Linux command replaces characters of file names that Windows considers invalid with an underscore, to make the files accessible and manageable on Windows again. Renamed files are logged to record their original names.
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remove invalid characters.sh
rename -v "s/(:|\"|\*|\\|\||\&|\?|\%|\<|\>)/_/g" .* * |tee -a renamed_files.$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).log
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