e_text_filename_replace_characters: Replace special characters in a filename

In erikerhardt/erikmisc: Erik Erhardt's miscellaneous functions for solving complex data analysis workflows

Replace special characters in a filename

Description

Replace special characters in a filename

Usage

e_text_filename_replace_characters(
  fn,
  ch_replace = "_",
  ch_pattern = "[\\[\\]<>()|:;'&#?*\\ ]"
)

Arguments

fn	list of filenames
ch_replace	replacement character for special characters
ch_pattern	special characters (regex) to replace

Value

fn_new list of filenames with special characters replaced by ch_replace

Examples

fn <- c("dat.txt", "dat[]<>()|:;'&#?* .txt")
fn |> e_text_filename_replace_characters()

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