idea to avoid escaping chars

starsky/starsky.foundation.writemeta/Helpers/ExifToolCmdHelper.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using starsky.foundation.database.Helpers;
 using starsky.foundation.database.Models;
@@ -270,6 +271,17 @@ private string UpdateGpsLongitudeCommand(string command, List<string> comparedNa
 			return command;
 		}
 
+		internal static string ReplaceBadChars(string inputText)
+		{
+			var cleanText = new StringBuilder();
+			const string badChars = "';`$\"\r\n\t*><?[]|&\\#()}{"; // removed space and dash
+			foreach ( var inputChar in inputText.Where(inputChar => !badChars.Contains(inputChar)) )
+			{
+				cleanText.Append(inputChar);
+			}
+			return cleanText.ToString();
+		}
+
 		private static string UpdateKeywordsCommand(string command, List<string> comparedNames, FileIndexItem updateModel)
 		{
 			if (comparedNames.Contains( nameof(FileIndexItem.Tags).ToLowerInvariant() ))

starsky/starsky.foundation.writemeta/Services/ExifToolService.cs

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ public ExifToolService(ISelectorStorage selectorStorage, AppSettings appSettings
 			var iStorage = selectorStorage.Get(SelectorStorage.StorageServices.SubPath);
 			var thumbnailStorage = selectorStorage.Get(SelectorStorage.StorageServices.Thumbnail);
 			_exifTool = new ExifTool(iStorage, thumbnailStorage, appSettings,logger);
-
 		}
+
 		public async Task<bool> WriteTagsAsync(string subPath, string command)
 		{
 			return await _exifTool.WriteTagsAsync(subPath,command);