How to get rid of bad chrs?

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

rikona wrote:
>Little Girl wrote:

>> Actually, no matter how many you have, it's always safer to do
>> them manually. In fact, with 2,000 folders, I wouldn't dare run a
>> command on them to allow it to climb inside of all of them and do
>> its thing.

>As I'm learning more and more about the many potential problems, I'm
>about at the same point. Manual is looking better and better...

It seems to be your best bet. Also, you can do it in bits and pieces
unless you're in a hurry to get it done. I'd do a few photos, set it
aside, and then come back. It took me several weeks to get them all
the way I wanted them to be, but it was never overwhelming since I
did it in nibbles.

>> Normally, I'd recommend FSlint for this job, but they didn't update
>> it to work with Python 3, so it's no longer available in the
>> current Ubuntu releases. That's a shame.

>Totally agree - FSlint was a GREAT pgm!! Used it a lot. Still hoping
>someone will update it. Have not found a good replacement.

I do, too and I haven't, either. If you do, please post a message
about it in this mailing list.

>Re multiple photos, check out Geeqie - it also has a dup finder that
>looks much nicer and seems more reliable than FSlint. Seems to have a
>better dup photo algorithm.

Thanks. I've noted it in case I need it again. For the moment, I'm
being good and not creating duplicates. It was years of bad practices
that I had had to clean up in the past.

>> If you're still looking for a command to recursively rename select
>> files, there are a number of them, but you'll want to explore them,
>> research them, and test them very thoroughly on dummy directories
>> first before ever turning them loose on your system.

>Thanks much, but I'm about to adopt your 'too risky' view and do them
>by hand. I've gone from 'nervous' to 'downright afraid'. :-)

That's probably a good thing, although you'll likely eventually reach
the "healthy respect" phase with a dollop of the "suspicious eye" as
a happy medium between those two poles.

-- 
Little Girl

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