Rename all files and directories - Safe for Windows

windows_safe_renamer.py

from pathlib import Path


special_chars = ('<', '>', ':', '"', '/', '\\', '|', '?', '*', '/')


def replace_all(text, items):
    for i in items:
        text = text.replace(i, '')
    return text


print('WARNING: Scaning large directories trees may take a lot of time.')

for file in Path('.').glob('**/*'):
    if any(map(lambda char: char in file.name, special_chars)):
        new_name = replace_all(file.name, special_chars)
        print(f'Old name: {file}')
        print(f'New name: {file.with_name(new_name)}')
        print()
        file.rename(file.with_name(new_name))