$ rename
Usage: rename [-v] perlexpr [filenames]

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Has anyone fine-tuned an expression to tidy up shell unfriendly filenames with rename? eg. 
$ rename -v '$_=lc;s/[^\w.]+/_/g' *
The Pogues - Beer, Beer, Beer (Irish drinking song).mp3 renamed as the
+_pogues_beer_beer_beer_irish_drinking_song_.mp3

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This is a start, but I'd prefer the ' - ' to become '-', there's the trailing "_", and there's no doubt more problem cases to be found. Before I started trying to DWIM for 98% of cases I figured someone else is bound to have been there before me.

Anyone solved this already..?

Thanks,

In reply to Clean filenames with /usr/bin/rename by bsb

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