Created
January 13, 2023 18:37
-
-
Save FlyTechVideos/6049ad219b28755b1121a75c49721277 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
For use with WSL. Generates all reserved Windows file names (files and folders), zips them, then deletes the intermediary files.
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
#!/bin/bash | |
mkdir illegal_files # no -p flag, we don't want to overwrite/delete actual data | |
cd illegal_files | |
mkdir -p folders | |
mkdir -p files | |
mkdir -p files_with_extension | |
ILLEGAL_NAMES="CON PRN AUX NUL \ | |
COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 COM5 COM6 COM7 COM8 COM9 \ | |
LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 LPT4 LPT5 LPT6 LPT7 LPT8 LPT9 " | |
for NAME in $ILLEGAL_NAMES | |
do | |
mkdir "./folders/$NAME" | |
echo "I am inside the $NAME folder now." > "./folders/$NAME/file.txt" | |
echo "I have just created $NAME." > "./files/$NAME" | |
echo "I have just created $NAME.txt." > "./files_with_extension/$NAME.txt" | |
done | |
zip -m illegal_files.zip -r * | |
mv illegal_files.zip .. | |
cd .. | |
rm -rf illegal_files |
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Nice