Question

I downloaded a lot of files within multiple subdirectories from a remote FTP server, the issue is that these files have non latin file names and they downloaded with weird characters like: ë, Ã, ì, ù, Ã and ط§ظ„ظ…ط±

Is there a way to roll back these file names to their original names? maybe with a windows based batch tool?

Thanks!

P.S. I’m doing this just so i can upload the files with the correct names to a new server.

Answer 1

In PowerShell:

Get-ChildItem | ForEach-Object {
  $filename = Split-Path -Leaf $_
  $new = [Text.Encoding]::Utf8.GetString([Text.Encoding]::Default.GetBytes($filename))
  if ($_.Name -ne $new) {
    Rename-Item $_ $new
  }
}

might work. The whole Rename-Item call could maybe be done easier, but I usually run into trouble when not using the full path so I err on the side of caution.