Create (sane/safe) filename from any (unsafe) string

Question

I want to create a sane/safe filename (i.e. somewhat readable, no \"strange\" characters, etc.) from some random Unicode string (mich might contain just anything).

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Answer 1

Python:

for c in r'[]/\;,><&*:%=+@!#^()|?^':
    filename = filename.replace(c,'')

(just an example of characters you will want to remove) The r in front of the string makes sure the string is interpreted in it's raw format, allowing you to remove backslash \ as well

Edit: regex solution in Python:

import re
re.sub(r'[]/\;,><&*:%=+@!#^()|?^', '', filename)