#!/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" != "$newname" ]]; then mv "$oldname" "$newname"; fi done