βοΈππ§Ή Obsidian Templater Filename Sanitization
Meta.ai Prompt
Can you write an obsidian templater script that will sanitize the file name? The result should be kabob-case and only contain lowercase alphanumeric characters and dashes. There should not be dashes at the start or end of the filename.
Response
Hereβs a simple Obsidian Templater script that uses regular expressions to sanitize a filename:
Let me explain what this script does:
It gets the current filename from tp.file.title.
It converts the filename to lowercase using the toLowerCase() method.
It replaces all sequences of non-alphanumeric characters with a single dash using the replace() method with a regular expression.
It removes any leading or trailing dashes from the filename using another replace() method with a regular expression.
Finally, it renames the file to the sanitized filename using tp.file.rename().
To use this script, simply create a new Templater template in Obsidian and paste the script into it. You can then run the template on any file to sanitize its filename.
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βοΈππ§Ή Obsidian Templater Filename Sanitization
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β Bryan Grounds (@bagrounds.bsky.social) 2026-04-30T03:18:05.000Z
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