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 #!/bin/bash
 ##
-## "Lowercase all the things"
+## "CK2:  Work, damn you!"
 ##
 ## Copyright (C) 2015 under CC0 (Creative Commons 0;  ie I waive all my copyright rights for this code)
 ## By 'Maiya78' from the Paradox forums
 ##
-## From the current directory, recursively convert to lower case all file and directory names
+## From the current directory, recursively convert to lower case all file and directory names, creating symlinks to their original names
 ## Should ask for verification before overwriting an existing file.
 ## !BROKEN! Should also decapitalize Cyrillic, Greek, and other mixed-case scripts.
 ##
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ## Have script handle spaces
 export IFS='
 '
 
 ## Setting an important early variable
 export strStartDir=$(pwd)
 
 ## Write in a function the loop that we'll use for to edit the files
 function editingloop {
     cd "$strDir"
     ## Check to make sure current directory isn't empty
 #    if [[ $(ls -a) != {. ..} ]]; then  ## Not sure how to do this without a loop, and don't want to use a loop for it.
 	echo '
 _______________________________________________________________________
 Entering current directory:  '"$strDir"
 	echo '
 Current directory before edit:  ' && ls -a --color=auto  ## Would be nice to hide . and ..
 	## Dimensioning variables like a responsible person
 	local strItem
 	local strLowerCasedItem
 	## Start the editing loop
 	for strItem in $(ls); do
 	    ## Save the computer some breath on . and ..
 	    if [[ "$strItem" != '.' || '..' ]]; then
 		## Set a variable equal to the lowercased vesion of the original filename
 		export strLowerCasedItem=$(echo "$strItem" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
-		## If this variable is the same as the original, then the original was already lowercased, so we skip it;  otherwise, we rename it to the lowercased vesion.
+		## If this variable is the same as the original, then the original was already lowercased, so we skip it;  otherwise, we create a lowercased symlink to the uppercased vesion.
 		if [[ "$strLowerCasedItem" != "$strItem" ]]; then
-		    mv -i $(echo "$strDir"'/'"$strItem") $(echo "$strDir"'/'"$strLowerCasedItem")  ## '-i' makes sure that we check with the user before clobbering
+		    ln -sT $(echo "$strDir"'/'"$strItem") $(echo "$strDir"'/'"$strLowerCasedItem")
 		fi
 	    fi
 	done
 	echo '
 Current directory after edit:  ' && ls -a --color=auto  ## Would be nice to hide . and ..
 #    fi
 }
 
 ## This loops the main loop through each subdirectory of the starting directory
 for strDir in $(find -type d); do
     export strDir=$(echo "$strStartDir"$(echo "$strDir" | sed 's/^.//'))
     echo "$strDir"
     editingloop
 done
 
 exit 0