renaming umlauts with bash-script

hey guys,

have had troubles with umlauts … so, quick and dirty, i’ve written some lines for the bash:

#! /bin/bash # rnUmlauts.sh

ONE=1 number=0 EXPECTED_ARGS=2

if [ $# -ne $EXPECTED_ARGS -o \( “$1” != “–test” -a “$1” != “–force” \) ] then echo “NAME” echo “\trnUmlauts - Renaming files with umlauts\n” echo “Synopsis” echo “\t`basename $0` –force|–test pathname\n” echo “Examples” echo “\t`basename $0` –test /usr/share” echo “\t\tonly shows which files will be renamed in the directory /usr/share\n” echo “\t`basename $0` –force /etc/doIt” echo “\t\trenaming the files with umlauts in the directory /etc/doIt\n” exit 1 fiif [ -d $2 ]; then echo “Searching for files with umlauts in $2 …” else echo “Directory $2 doesn’t exist!\n” exit 2 fi

files=$(find $2 -name *[äöüÄÖÜß]* > .temp)

while read file;do n=`echo $file | sed -e “s/ä/ae/g”` n=`echo $n | sed -e “s/ö/oe/g”` n=`echo $n | sed -e “s/ü/ue/g”` n=`echo $n | sed -e “s/Ä/Ae/g”` n=`echo $n | sed -e “s/Ö/Oe/g”` n=`echo $n | sed -e “s/Ü/Ue/g”` n=`echo $n | sed -e “s/ß/ss/g”` if [ “$1” = “–test” ] then echo “$file will be renamed into $n” else echo “Renaming $file to $n” mv “$file” “$n” fi number=$(($number+1)) done<.temp

rm .temp

if [ “$1” = “–test” ] then if [ “$number” -eq “$ONE” ] then echo “$number file will be renamed.” else echo “$number files will be renamed.” fi else if [ “$number” -eq “$ONE” ] then echo “$number file renamed.” else echo “$number files renamed.” fi fi

exit 0

maybe you can use it, too.

best regards!