diff --git a/scripts/name_fixer.py b/scripts/name_fixer.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+"""
+fix the comic file names using a list of transforms
+"""
+
+"""
+Copyright 2013  Anthony Beville
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+import argparse
+import json
+
+from comictaggerlib.comicarchive import *
+from comictaggerlib.settings import *
+from comictaggerlib.filerenamer import *
+import comictaggerlib.utils
+
+def parse_args():
+	
+	input_args = sys.argv[1:]
+
+	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='a script to rename comic files')
+	parser.add_argument('-t', '--transforms', metavar='xformfile', help="the file with transforms")
+	parser.add_argument('-n', '--noconfirm', action='store_true', help="don't confirm before rename")
+	parser.add_argument('paths', metavar='PATH', type=str, nargs='+', help='path to look for comic files')
+	parsed_args = parser.parse_args(input_args)
+
+	return parsed_args	
+
+def caclulate_rename(ca, md, settings):
+	
+		new_ext = None  # default
+		if settings.rename_extension_based_on_archive:
+			if ca.isZip():
+				new_ext = ".cbz"
+			elif ca.isRar():
+				new_ext = ".cbr"
+			
+		renamer = FileRenamer( md )
+		renamer.setTemplate( "%series% V%volume% #%issue% (of %issuecount%) (%year%) %scaninfo%" )
+		renamer.setIssueZeroPadding( 0 )
+		renamer.setSmartCleanup( settings.rename_use_smart_string_cleanup )
+		
+		return renamer.determineName( ca.path, ext=new_ext )
+
+def perform_rename(filelist):
+	for old_name,new_name in filelist:
+		folder = os.path.dirname( os.path.abspath( old_name ) )
+		new_abs_path = utils.unique_file( os.path.join( folder, new_name ) )
+
+		os.rename( old_name, new_abs_path )
+		print u"renamed '{0}' -> '{1}'".format(os.path.basename(old_name), new_name)	
+		
+def main():
+
+	default_xform_list = [
+					[ "^2000AD$", "2000 AD" ],
+					[ "^G\.{0,1}I\.{0,1}Joe$", "G.I. Joe" ],
+				 ]
+	
+	utils.fix_output_encoding()
+	settings = ComicTaggerSettings()
+
+	style = MetaDataStyle.CIX
+	
+	parsed_args = parse_args()
+	
+	#parsed_args.noconfirm
+	if parsed_args.transforms is not None:
+		print "Reading in transforms from:", parsed_args.transforms
+		json_data=open(parsed_args.transforms).read()		
+		data = json.loads(json_data)
+		xform_list = data['xforms']
+	else:
+		xform_list = default_xform_list
+			
+	#pprint( xform_list, indent=4)
+
+	filelist = utils.get_recursive_filelist( parsed_args.paths )
+		
+	#first find all comics 
+	print "reading in all comics..."
+	comic_list = []
+	max_name_len = 2
+	fmt_str = ""
+	for filename in filelist:
+		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings )
+		# do we care if it already has metadata?
+		if ca.seemsToBeAComicArchive() and not ca.hasMetadata( style ):
+
+			comic_list.append(ca)
+			
+			max_name_len = max ( max_name_len, len(filename))
+			fmt_str = u"{{0:{0}}}".format(max_name_len)
+			print >> sys.stderr, fmt_str.format( filename ) + "\r",
+			sys.stderr.flush()
+
+	print >> sys.stderr, fmt_str.format( "" )
+	print "Found {0} comics.".format( len(comic_list))
+
+	modify_list = list()
+	# walk through the comic list fix the filenames
+	for ca in comic_list:
+		
+		# 1. parse the filename into a MD object
+		md = ca.metadataFromFilename()
+		# 2. walk thru list of transforms
+		if md.series is not None and md.series != "":
+			for pattern, replacement in xform_list:
+				# apply each transform
+				new_series = re.sub( pattern, replacement, md.series )
+				if new_series != md.series:
+					md.series = new_series
+					new_name = caclulate_rename(ca, md, settings)
+					
+					#found a match.  add to proposed list, and bail on this file
+					modify_list.append( (ca.path, new_name ) ) 
+					break
+				
+	print "{0} filenames to modify".format(len(modify_list))
+	if len(modify_list) > 0:		
+		if parsed_args.noconfirm:
+			print "Not confirming before rename"
+		else:
+			for old_name, new_name in  modify_list:
+				print u"'{0}' -> '{1}'".format(os.path.basename(old_name), new_name)	
+
+			i = raw_input("Do you want to proceed with rename? [y/N] ")
+			if i.lower() not in ('y', 'yes'):
+				print "exiting without rename."				
+				sys.exit(0)
+				
+		perform_rename(modify_list)
+		
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	main() 
diff --git a/scripts/xforms b/scripts/xforms
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+{
+	"_comment": "This file contains JSON data.  Any backslashes should be escaped with another backslash",
+	"xforms":
+		[
+			[ "^2000AD$", "2000 AD" ],
+			[ "^G\\.{0,1}I\\.{0,1}Joe$", "G.I. Joe" ],
+			[ "^2000AD$", "2000 AD" ]
+		]
+}
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