🐚 Shell Scripts Collection

A collection of shell scripts for file management and renaming operations.

📋 Scripts

🔄 simplify

A smart file renaming script that:

• Converts filenames to ASCII (removes accents)
• Converts to lowercase
• Replaces non-alphanumeric sequences with underscores
• Preserves file extensions
• Creates a log file for potential undo operations
• Supports dry-run mode for testing

Usage:

./simplify [--dry-run] [--log <logfile>] file1 file2 ...

↩️ undo_rename

A script to revert file renaming operations by:

• Reading a log file created by simplify
• Reverting files to their original names
• Processing operations in reverse order
• Safely handling existing files

Usage:

./undo_rename [--log <logfile>]

🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>

2. Make the scripts executable:

chmod +x simplify undo_rename

3. Run the scripts:

# To rename files:
./simplify file1.txt file2.jpg

# To undo renaming:
./undo_rename

📝 Usage Examples

Simplify Script

# Basic usage
./simplify "Mon Fichier.txt" "Photo 2023.jpg"

# Dry run to preview changes
./simplify --dry-run "Mon Fichier.txt"

# Custom log file
./simplify --log custom.log "Mon Fichier.txt"

Undo Rename Script

# Basic usage (uses default rename.log)
./undo_rename

# Custom log file
./undo_rename --log custom.log

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

⭐ Features

• 🎯 Smart file renaming with accent removal
• 🔄 Safe undo functionality
• 📝 Detailed logging
• 🧪 Dry-run mode for testing
• 🛡️ Safety checks to prevent data loss

🛡️ Requirements

• Bash shell
• iconv command for character conversion
• tac command for log file reversal
• Basic Unix/Linux commands

📚 Documentation

For detailed documentation, refer to the comments within each script file.

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