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Detox - Cleanup Filenames - Linux CLI

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Channel: gotbletu · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Package: detox

Description: utility to replace problematic characters in filenames
 Detox is a utility designed to clean up filenames. It replaces difficult to work with characters, such as spaces,
 with standard equivalents. It will also clean up filenames with UTF-8 or Latin-1 (or CP-1252) characters in them. 
 
 Features: 
 
 * Removal or replacement of upper ASCII Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1) characters 
 * Removal or replacement of UTF-8 encoded Unicode characters. 
 * Removal or replacement of spaces and other potentially tricky characters 
 * Trimming of excessive "_" and "-"s 
 * Directory recursion, dry runs, verbose listings 
   
 It is designed with safety in mind. It won't overwrite a file that already exists, and it doesn't touch special files
 if not requested.
Homepage: http://detox.sourceforge.net

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