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detox is a utility that safely removes spaces and strange characters from filenames and directories.

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USE flags

USE flags for app-misc/detox Safely remove spaces and strange characters from filenames

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Emerge

root #emerge --ask app-misc/detox

Configuration

Files

/etc/detoxrc - Detox's global configuration file. Specify an alternate configuration file using the -f option at the command line.
~/.detoxrc - Detox's local (per user) configuration file. Specify an alternate configuration file using the -f option at the command line.
/usr/share/detox/iso8859_1.tbl - Detox's default ISO 8859-1 translation table. Copy this file into user space in the event that it needs modification. Specify an alternate 'sample' file using the -s option at the command line.
/usr/share/detox/unicode.tbl - Detox's default Unicode (UTF-8) translation table. Copy this file into user space in the event that it needs modification. Specify an alternate 'sample' file using the -s option at the command line.

Usage

Invocation

user $detox --help

usage: detox [-hLnrvV] [-f configfile] [-s sequence] [--dry-run] [--special]
          file [file ...]

        -f configfile   choose which config file to use
        -h --help       this message
        -L              list available sequences and exit
                        with -v ... dump sequence contents
        -n --dry-run    do a dry run (don't actually do anything)
        -r              be recursive (descend into subdirectories)
        --remove-trailing (deprecated)
                        remove trailing _ and - before a period
        -s sequence     choose which sequence to detox with
        --special       work on links and special files
        -v              be verbose
        -V              show the current version

Removal

Unmerge

root #emerge --ask --depclean --verbose app-misc/detox