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detox
Clean up filenames by replacing spaces, special chars, and UTF-8
Description
detox easily cleans up filenames by replacing characters like spaces with standard equivalents and UTF-8 or Latin-1 (or CP 1252) characters with more portable ones. It is useful for batch-cleaning problematic filenames.
AI Summary
Batch clean up filenames by replacing spaces, special characters, and encoding issues
Capabilities
- + Replace spaces and special characters in filenames
- + Convert UTF-8 and Latin-1 characters to safe equivalents
- + Process files recursively
- + Dry-run mode for previewing changes
Use When
- → You need to clean up problematic filenames
- → You want to batch-sanitize filenames for portability