unix-namer

Unix-namer is a Unix naming convention standardizer written in python 3 that converts file & directory names to a Unix-friendly naming convention.

Unix-namer applies the following naming conventions:

• Pesky special characters are removed ( ' ! $ ^ & * ( ) [ ] | ; ~ < > { } ( ) % `. )
• Hideous spaces are converted to underscores ( or specified field separator. )
• Optionally, you can convert to all lowercase ( Ken Thompson approved! )

Upcoming features:

• I spent the long July 4th weekend getting this far, I'll work on documention next.
  • I'm working on a man document, and the wiki.

Recently added:

• Added -f option to specify field separator (default is underscore).
• Added -l option to convert all directory and file names to lower case.
• Added -r option to apply changes recursively.
• Added -i option for in-place edit. Without this option, changes will only be printed to the terminal.
  • If you're going to make changes to file systems recursively...I want you to be sure!
• Added additional clarity on what changes will be made.
  • If -i isn't provided the terminal will output the proposed changes.

If you find any bugs, or you have ideas for improvement, please open an issue or send a PR.

Disclaimer:

I'm a Linux system engineer. I took two Python classes in college and am NOT a qualified software engineer. USE THIS SCRIPT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

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