# for-loop-fix-filenames.txt 

used command line to rename file names in several directories, starting at /mountpoint/directory/:

 for x in `ls`; do cd $x; fix-filenames; cd /mountpoint/directory/; done
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#!/bin/bash
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# 2014_05May_09 - john meister copyright 2014 http://LinuxMeister
# script to remove spaces in file names and replace with underscore
# cleans up web pages by eliminating special characters and allows sorts to work properly
#  to use place this script in your path and make it executable, then cd to the directory
#    and execute by the saved name (fix-filename)  - works on Linux and MacOS
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#             removes spaces, special characters, slashes, and _-_  but NOT caps
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for f in *
do
mv -v "$f" `echo $f | tr ' ' '_' | tr -d '[{}(),\!]' | tr -d "\'" | sed 's/&/-n-/g' | sed 's/_-_/_/g'`
done

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