:Sample Code: .. code-block:: python from pathvalidate import sanitize_filepath fpath = "fi:l*e/p\"a?t>h|.t {sanitize_filepath(fpath)}\n") fpath = "\0_a*b:ce%f/(g)h+i_0.txt" print(f"{fpath} -> {sanitize_filepath(fpath)}\n") :Output: .. code-block:: none fi:l*e/p"a?t>h|.t file/path.txt _a*b:ce%f/(g)h+i_0.txt -> _abcde%f/(g)h+i_0.txt