file to quickly bulk rename filenames and escape/ replace sequences

scripts/escapeFilenames.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# for i in *placehoder*; do mv "$i" "${i//placeholder/replacement}" done
+
+replacements=
+declare -A replacements
+unset replacements[0]
+replacements[' ']='_';
+replacements[':']='_';
+while [[ $# > 0 ]]; do
+   replacements["$1"]="$2";
+   shift 2;
+done
+
+for toReplace in "${!replacements[@]}"; do
+   echo "$toReplace"
+   replacement=${replacements[$toReplace]}
+   echo "$replacement"
+   for i in *; do
+      echo "$i"
+      if [[ ! -e "$i" || "$i" == "${i//$toReplace/$replacement}" ]]; then
+         continue; # weird behaviour with single space makes this necessary
+      fi
+      echo "mv $i -> ${i//$toReplace/$replacement}";
+      mv "$i" "${i//$toReplace/$replacement}";
+   done
+done