How can I bulk rename files ending in invalid characters?

Question

I'm on linux Mint. I'd like to recursively rename files like

5f0c74603cbdca44fd877_source.mp4?Tag=1&Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NkbjIub25seWZhbnMuY29tXC9maWxlc1wvOVwvOWNcLzljNTQzZGI1OGI0ZmQyYWI0YmExMzEzMTUxYmExZjdiXC81ZjBjNzQ2MDNjYmRjYTQ0ZmQ4Nzdfc291cmNlLm1wND9UYWc9MS


1904x2600_8c25949033674d6559bcfd3f02aed68d.jpg?Tag=1&Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2NkbjIub25seWZhbnMuY29tXC9maWxlc1wvYVwvYTFcL2ExNjZmMzRlZGZjMWU3NDRkOGIxZTEwYmZkNDIxNzJjXC8xOTA0eDI2MDBfOGMyNTk0OTAzMzY3NGQ2NTU5

to

5f0c74603cbdca44fd877_source.mp4
1904x2600_8c25949033674d6559bcfd3f02aed68d.jpg

so that I can copy files to an external hard drive.

Anyone know a quick one liner in bash that could accomplish this?

There's also another type of file that cannot be moved

index.html?C=D;O=D

How can I rename that to something that has valid characters?

Thanks!

consider using splat to match just enough to return one result, ```mv 5f* 5f.html``` — atl, Jan 21 '23 at 21:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '23 at 21:26

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I see you search to remove all characters after first ? (included).

for f in *\?*; do mv "$f" "${f%%\?*}"; done

answered Jan 21 '23 at 21:26

Arnaud Valmary

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How can I bulk rename files ending in invalid characters?

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