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I am running fedora and I would like a tool to automatically rename files on my ext3 fedora partition so that I can transfer files with incompatible names flawlessly. Any advice on how to proceed ? Thanks in advance.

Edit: I know there is a nice GUI tool for this purpose named ext2ntfs-compatibilator, but it doens't seem to be 64 bits compatible.

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Right, first of all do not use special characters in file names, it just complicates matters :).

Have a look at my answer here.

For a GUI way try thunar's bulk rename feature:

$ yum install thunar
$ Thunar --bulk-rename

  1. Add the files you want to rename

  2. Choose "Search and Replace"

  3. Paste the regex from my linked answer ([\:\;\>\<\@\$\#\&\(\)\?\\\%\ ])into the "Search For" field.

  4. Write "_" into the "Replace With" field

  5. Click on "Rename Files"

Thunar Bulk Rename Screenshot

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