replace-colons-in-files-and-folders.sh

#!/bin/bash
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# Remove ascii and utf8 colons from files and folders since they don't play
# well with HandBrakeCLI.

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# If a directory is passed, use that, otherwise use the current dir
if [ -n "$1" ]; then
  SRC="$1"
else
  SRC="$(pwd)"
fi

# U+003A - Ascii Colon
find $SRC -name "*:*" -depth -exec rename ":" "-" {} \;

# U+A789 - Modifier Letter Colon
find $SRC -name "*꞉*" -depth -exec rename "꞉" "-" {} \;