Hi,

How can i substitute part of a filename, that principally has reserved or alt codes for its handle?
For instance: 
 index.cgi%3Fsect = index.cgi?sect
and the : or \ cant be read by windows properly, but linux can, as part of a filename, yeah i know windows translates it to the directory structure, but linux keeps it as part of a filename, and also other reserved characters too!

So, I have the very basics of something, e.g. 
perl -pi~ -e 's/badcharshere/goodcharshere/g' filename.ext

Now this is to translate whats inside the file, but not the filename. So I end up with bad links!
Is there a script that does this already?
Can anyone point me to it, please?

Thanks ever so much for your time, effort and patience.

lahf

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