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How to recursively rename files/folders to make their names Windows-friendly?
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I have a bunch of files on a Ubuntu box, which have various characters in their filenames that Windows doesn't accept (mostly ":" and "*", but possibly others). What's the simplest way to get these all renamed and moved to a Windows machine? It's OK to replace these characters with something like "…
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Take a look at Glindra rename and detox. Glindra file utilities can be installed on either Windows or Linux. Examples of cleaning up file names on Windows: -safe Maps leading dashes (hyphens) to underscores. Collapses spaces. Maps problematic charac…
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