#!/bin/sh [ -z "$1" ] && (echo "Error: missing argument (what to remain)" && exit) for oldname in "$@" do newname=`echo "$oldname" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/\ /_/g; s/Ö/oe/g; s/Ä/ae/g; s/Ü/ue/g; s/ö/oe/g; s/ä/ae/g; s/ü/ue/g; s/ß/ss/g'`; if [ "$oldname" != "$newname" ]; then if [ -f "$newname" ]; then echo "skipping $newname, because it already exists" rm "$oldname"; else echo "renaming file $oldname to $newname" if [ -f "$oldname" ]; then echo "using mv" mv "$oldname" "$newname"; elif [ -d "$oldname" ]; then if [ -e "$newname" ]; then echo "using cp" cp -r "$oldname/." "$newname" && rm -r "$oldname"; else echo "using mv" mv "$oldname" "$newname"; fi fi fi fi done