# random python script which creates symbolinc links in the current folder to all files in the folder given as argument # also removes all hungarian specific characters import os import re import sys def rename_files(directory): for filename in os.listdir(directory): new_filename = filename.replace('\u00E1','a') new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00E9','e') new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00ED','i') new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00F3','o') new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00F6','o') new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u0151','o') new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00FA','u') new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u00FC','u') new_filename = new_filename.replace('\u0171','u') # file specific cases (here example remove some prefix) new_filename = re.sub(r'^[0-9_.()\s]+','',new_filename) old_path = os.path.join(directory, filename) new_path = os.path.join(directory, new_filename) os.rename(old_path, new_path) def link_to_files(link_dir, target): for filename in os.listdir(link_dir): target_path=os.path.join(link_dir, filename) link_path=os.path.join(target, filename) os.symlink(target_path, link_path) if len(sys.argv) > 1: folder_to_link_to=sys.argv[1] else: print("No arguments provided.") sys.exit(1) link_to_files(folder_to_link_to, './') rename_files('./')