> *From:* RS <richard...@zoho.com>
> *To:* get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org
> *Date:* Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:14:33 +0100
>
> From: Chris Allison
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 22:37
> To: RS
>
> >You could use the linux/freebsd utility detox, compiled under
> cygwin
> >to clean up file names.
>
> Many thanks for the suggestion. I think it is probably easier to
> use Linux directly rather than install and learn to use cygwin.
> detox looks a much more powerful program than the only partially
> working Windows equivalent I found here.
> http://dimitar.me/quickly-remove-special-characters-from-file-names/
>
> I found this article.
> http://www.computerhope.com/unix/rename.htm
>
> From that I derived
> rename -v -n 's/://' *
> for a preview. For the actual rename I removed -n
>
> I could see the external drive in File Manager but I struggled to
> address it in Terminal. With the help of Linux for Dummies I used
> cd /media/KINGSTON/ddd
> where ddd was the name of the directory.
>
> Even booting the live Ubuntu CD was not without problems. I used a
> HP laptop which I have not booted from another device before. I
> couldn't see the DVD drive in the boot menu. I went through the
> BIOS settings to confirm that it was enabled. Eventually it dawned
> on me that Notebook update bay was HP's name for a DVD drive.
>
> Anyway I now have a solution which works and is a lot less effort
> than move short file name.
>
> I still don't understand how anyone can claim to have done this in
> a Powershell script. If a : is included in a Get-ChildItem filter
> it says Second path fragment must not be a drive or UNC name. If
> it is escaped as \: Powershell says Illegal characters in path.
Can't you use the --fatfilename or --hfsfilename Output Option switches
on GIP's command line? I assume it works the same under Linux as Windows.
--fatfilename Remove FAT forbidden characters in file and
directory names. Always applied on Windows.
Overrides --punctuation.
--hfsfilename Remove colons in file and directory names. Prevents
OS X Finder displaying colon as forward slash.
Always applied on OS X. Overrides --punctuation.
--
Regards
John K.Eason (m...@john-eason.uk)
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