Filename sanitization examples in sed.
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# It's a problem for every Bash programmer out there. you go out and write this
# awesome script that would work great, except that it fails because your
# automagically generated filenames are not properly sanitized.
#
# Through much experimentation I have creaded several sed commands that can be
# used to sanitize filenames based on the alowable set of characters.
#
# source: http://usalug.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=13980
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### Set: A-Za-z0-9.
# Delete:
sed -e s/[^A-Za-z0-9.]//g
# Replace:
sed -e s/[^A-Za-z0-9.]/_/g
### Set: A-Za-z0-9.[]{}()-_
# Delete:
sed -e s/[^\]\[A-Za-z0-9._{}\(\)\-]//g
# Replace:
sed -e s/[^\]\[A-Za-z0-9._{}\(\)\-]/_/g
### Set: A-Za-z0-9~.,_[]{}()'-+
# Delete:
sed -e s/[^\]\[A-Za-z0-9~.,_{}\(\)\'\-\+]//g
# Replace:
sed -e s/[^\]\[A-Za-z0-9~.,_{}\(\)\'\-\+]/_/g
# All three of these example sets work well, although I suggest using the most
# restrictive set possible for your problem set for maximum portability.a