Ik I can use grep to find filenames with specific characters and then print that to a list but idk how to utilize said list to rename. I found another solution which’s using mv but couldn’t figure out how to make it work w subdirectories. I think using both grep and mv in unison’s the answer just idk how to do it. plz halp

  • eleijeep@piefed.social
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    14 hours ago

    Are you just trying to remove special characters from the filename, or are you also trying to move them to new directories?

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      13 hours ago

      trying to remove them so that I can transfer to Android. I can use grep to improve my manual process but I’d love for it to be automatic.