def sanitize(name, replace_with=""): """ Removes some of the reserved characters from the name so it can be saved :param name: Name to be cleaned up :return string containing the cleaned name """ clean_up_list = ["\\", "/", ":", "*", "?", '"', "<", ">", "|", "\0", "$", "\""] for x in clean_up_list: name = name.replace(x, replace_with) return name