fn

fn (short for filename) is a utility script, written in bash, replacing special characters in strings to create proper file- or directory names.

Installation and Deinstallation

Installation

Clone GitHub repository

git clone https://github.com/GhostActive/fn.git

Install fn to local file system

cd fn && chmod +x fn && sudo cp fn /usr/local/bin/fn

Deinstallation

sudo rm /usr/local/bin/fn

Usage

$ fn -h
fn - converts a list of string arguments to proper file- or directory name

Usage: fn [OPTION]... [STRING]...

All non alphanumeric characters are replaced by '-' (dash). Multiple dashes in
the filename are reduced to single one, e.g '--' or '---' gets to '-'. Dashes
at the begin and the end of a name are removed, too.

Options
    -h, --help
            Prints this help message.

    -t      Appends current timestamp (format '%F-%H%M%S') to filename
            as suffix.

    -v      Show version number.

Examples
    $ fn Hello World
    Hello-World

    $ fn https://localhost:8443
    https-localhost-8443

    Writes wget's output to file named like given URL
    $ wget -O /tmp/$(fn -t $URL).html $URL
    ...