Hi Klaus,
There was an old post discussing this … ie bulk renaming of files
It is called “Best One-Liner”… find it with the search button
At the end of the post , there is a discussion between @daniel.m.tripp and myself about a command called rename and about a C program I wrote to remove special characters from filenames. You need a bit of Linux knowledge to follow it
Also the post “Problems with bulk renaming command”
With the amount of files you have I think I would just leave the names alone. Linux will enclose them in single quotes if they have strange characters.
I’m writing on a chronology of the decline of civilization since more than 20 years and I’m doing a lot of research.
Do you know the book
“Dirt: The erosion of Civilizations” David R Montgomery, Univ of California Press, Berkeley, California, 2007 ISBN 13:978-0-520-25806-8
It is about the role of soil degradation in the decline of civilizations.
I like your topic.
Sorry, I need to remember English is your second language.
‘file name is quoted’ I just meant a file name enclosed in quotes eg ‘my file’
‘you reference the file’ Every time you use a file name at the command line, you have to type it like ‘my file’ if it contains blanks or special characters.
If you are writing a research document, particularly if it is a thesis, it may be worth learning to use Latex. Most scientific papers, particularly mathematical ones, are prepared with Latex. Latex deals with references in semi-automatic way.
Office is more suited to something like a book.
There are no rules, you can use anything you are comfortable with.
I hope I have not added to the confusion.
Regards
Neville
PS.
itsFOSS forum is attempting to deal with language issues.
See the current post