sanitizeFilenames.py

import os
import re

def sanitize_filename(filename):
    # Mimic Django's slugify behaviour
    filename = re.sub(r'[\':?]', '_', filename)
    filename = re.sub(r'&', 'and', filename)
    filename = re.sub(r'[^\w\s-]', '', filename)  # Remove non-alphanumeric characters except for spaces and hyphens
    filename = re.sub(r'[-\s]+', '-', filename)    # Replace spaces and hyphens with a single hyphen
    return filename.strip('-').lower()             # Convert to lowercase and trim leading/trailing hyphens

def sanitize_mp3_files(directory):
    print(directory)

    for file in os.listdir(directory):
        if file.lower().endswith('.mp3'):
            original_path = os.path.join(directory, file)
            sanitized_name = sanitize_filename(os.path.splitext(file)[0]) + '.mp3'
            sanitized_path = os.path.join(directory, sanitized_name)

            if original_path != sanitized_path:
                # os.rename(original_path, sanitized_path)
                print(f"Renamed: '{file}' -> '{sanitized_name}'")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import argparse

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Sanitize filenames of all MP3 files in a directory.")
    parser.add_argument("directory", help="Directory containing the MP3 files to sanitize")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    sanitize_mp3_files(args.directory)