#!/bin/bash

# by Mendel Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com>
# Released under the GPL, but please give credit if re-used.

# Delete filenames in current directory containing bad characters.

for filename in *
do
badname=`echo "$filename" | sed -n /[\+\{\;\"\\\=\?~\(\)\<\>\&\*\|\$]/p`
# Files containing those nasties:   + { ; " \ = ? ~ ( ) < > & * | $
rm $badname 2>/dev/null
#           So error messages deep-sixed.


# Now, take care of files containing embedded whitespace.
spacecheck=`echo "$filename" | awk 'END { print NF }' `

if [ $spacecheck -gt 1 ]
# More than one field, i.e., white-space, in file name?
then
  rm "$filename"
fi  


done


exit

