Using find or grep to locate filenames with accented characters from a different encoding system (Windows to Linux)

Question

Explanation

I have been working with d3.js and I am really liking the .data and .enter. To stay true to the data driven dom principle, I combine my seperate json objects into a single javascript object. For this I have written a function. This post contains part of both jsons and the javascript function I have written.

Problem

However, i am running into a problem. At the bottom of my function I have a completely not generic piece of code.

data_news.objects.countries.geometries = data_main_dict;

How can I use this (["objects","countries", "geometries"]) argument of my function in order to select that location within an object and append the "data_news" object. I have no idea how to get around this. I hope someone can help to make this functional for me and many others.

Jsons

Country name, code and iso. (part of it (limit of 30000 characters))

[
  {
    "name": "Afghanistan",
    "iso2": "AF",
    "iso3": "AFG",
    "code": 4
  },
  {
    "name": "AlandIslands",
    "iso2": "AX",
    "iso3": "ALA",
    "code": 248
  },
  {
    "name": "Albania",
    "iso2": "AL",
    "iso3": "ALB",
    "code": 8
  },
  {
    "name": "Algeria",
    "iso2": "DZ",
    "iso3": "DZA",
    "code": 12
  },
  {
    "name": "AmericanSamoa",
    "iso2": "AS",
    "iso3": "ASM",
    "code": 16
  },
  {
    "name": "Andorra",
    "iso2": "AD",
    "iso3": "AND",
    "code": 20
  },
  {
    "name": "Angola",
    "iso2": "AO",
    "iso3": "AGO",
    "code": 24
  },
  {
    "name": "Anguilla",
    "iso2": "AI",
    "iso3": "AIA",
    "code": 660
  },
  {
    "name": "BruneiDarussalam",
    "iso2": "BN",
    "iso3": "BRN",
    "code": 96
  },
  {
    "name": "Bulgaria",
    "iso2": "BG",
    "iso3": "BGR",
    "code": 100
  },
  {
    "name": "BurkinaFaso",
    "iso2": "BF",
    "iso3": "BFA",
    "code": 854
  },
  {
    "name": "Burundi",
    "iso2": "BI",
    "iso3": "BDI",
    "code": 108
  },
  {
    "name": "Cambodia",
    "iso2": "KH",
    "iso3": "KHM",
    "code": 116
  },
  {
    "name": "Cameroon",
    "iso2": "CM",
    "iso3": "CMR",
    "code": 120
  },
  {
    "name": "Canada",
    "iso2": "CA",
    "iso3": "CAN",
    "code": 124
  },
  {
    "name": "CapeVerde",
    "iso2": "CV",
    "iso3": "CPV",
    "code": 132
  },
  {
    "name": "CaymanIslands",
    "iso2": "KY",
    "iso3": "CYM",
    "code": 136
  },
  {
    "name": "CentralAfricanRepublic",
    "iso2": "CF",
    "iso3": "CAF",
    "code": 140
  },
  {
    "name": "Chad",
    "iso2": "TD",
    "iso3": "TCD",
    "code": 148
  },
  {
    "name": "Chile",
    "iso2": "CL",
    "iso3": "CHL",
    "code": 152
  },
  {
    "name": "China",
    "iso2": "CN",
    "iso3": "CHN",
    "code": 156
  },
  {
    "name": "HongKong,SpecialAdministrativeRegionofChina",
    "iso2": "HK",
    "iso3": "HKG",
    "code": 344
  },
  {
    "name": "Macao,SpecialAdministrativeRegionofChina",
    "iso2": "MO",
    "iso3": "MAC",
    "code": 446
  },
  {
    "name": "ChristmasIsland",
    "iso2": "CX",
    "iso3": "CXR",
    "code": 162
  },
  {
    "name": "Cocos(Keeling)Islands",
    "iso2": "CC",
    "iso3": "CCK",
    "code": 166
  },
  {
    "name": "Colombia",
    "iso2": "CO",
    "iso3": "COL",
    "code": 170
  },
  {
    "name": "Comoros",
    "iso2": "KM",
    "iso3": "COM",
    "code": 174
  },
  {
    "name": "Congo(Brazzaville)",
    "iso2": "CG",
    "iso3": "COG",
    "code": 178
  },
  {
    "name": "Congo,DemocraticRepublicofthe",
    "iso2": "CD",
    "iso3": "COD",
    "code": 180
  },
  {
    "name": "CookIslands",
    "iso2": "CK",
    "iso3": "COK",
    "code": 184
  },
  {
    "name": "CostaRica",
    "iso2": "CR",
    "iso3": "CRI",
    "code": 188
  },
  {
    "name": "CôtedIvoire",
    "iso2": "CI",
    "iso3": "CIV",
    "code": 384
  },
  {
    "name": "Croatia",
    "iso2": "HR",
    "iso3": "HRV",
    "code": 191
  },
  {
    "name": "Cuba",
    "iso2": "CU",
    "iso3": "CUB",
    "code": 192
  },
  {
    "name": "Cyprus",
    "iso2": "CY",
    "iso3": "CYP",
    "code": 196
  },
  {
    "name": "CzechRepublic",
    "iso2": "CZ",
    "iso3": "CZE",
    "code": 203
  },
  {
    "name": "Denmark",
    "iso2": "DK",
    "iso3": "DNK",
    "code": 208
  },
  {
    "name": "Djibouti",
    "iso2": "DJ",
    "iso3": "DJI",
    "code": 262
  },
  {
    "name": "Dominica",
    "iso2": "DM",
    "iso3": "DMA",
    "code": 212
  },
  {
    "name": "DominicanRepublic",
    "iso2": "DO",
    "iso3": "DOM",
    "code": 214
  },
  {
    "name": "Ecuador",
    "iso2": "EC",
    "iso3": "ECU",
    "code": 218
  },
  {
    "name": "Egypt",
    "iso2": "EG",
    "iso3": "EGY",
    "code": 818
  },
  {
    "name": "ElSalvador",
    "iso2": "SV",
    "iso3": "SLV",
    "code": 222
  },
  {
    "name": "EquatorialGuinea",
    "iso2": "GQ",
    "iso3": "GNQ",
    "code": 226
  },
  {
    "name": "Eritrea",
    "iso2": "ER",
    "iso3": "ERI",
    "code": 232
  },
  {
    "name": "Estonia",
    "iso2": "EE",
    "iso3": "EST",
    "code": 233
  },
  {
    "name": "Ethiopia",
    "iso2": "ET",
    "iso3": "ETH",
    "code": 231
  },
  {
    "name": "FalklandIslands(Malvinas)",
    "iso2": "FK",
    "iso3": "FLK",
    "code": 238
  },
  {
    "name": "FaroeIslands",
    "iso2": "FO",
    "iso3": "FRO",
    "code": 234
  },
  {
    "name": "Fiji",
    "iso2": "FJ",
    "iso3": "FJI",
    "code": 242
  },
  {
    "name": "Finland",
    "iso2": "FI",
    "iso3": "FIN",
    "code": 246
  },
  {
    "name": "France",
    "iso2": "FR",
    "iso3": "FRA",
    "code": 250
  },
  {
    "name": "FrenchGuiana",
    "iso2": "GF",
    "iso3": "GUF",
    "code": 254
  },
  {
    "name": "FrenchPolynesia",
    "iso2": "PF",
    "iso3": "PYF",
    "code": 258
  },
  {
    "name": "FrenchSouthernTerritories",
    "iso2": "TF",
    "iso3": "ATF",
    "code": 260
  },
  {
    "name": "Gabon",
    "iso2": "GA",
    "iso3": "GAB",
    "code": 266
  },
  {
    "name": "Gambia",
    "iso2": "GM",
    "iso3": "GMB",
    "code": 270
  },
  {
    "name": "Georgia",
    "iso2": "GE",
    "iso3": "GEO",
    "code": 268
  },
  {
    "name": "Germany",
    "iso2": "DE",
    "iso3": "DEU",
    "code": 276
  },
  {
    "name": "Ghana",
    "iso2": "GH",
    "iso3": "GHA",
    "code": 288
  },
  {
    "name": "Gibraltar",
    "iso2": "GI",
    "iso3": "GIB",
    "code": 292
  },
  {
    "name": "Greece",
    "iso2": "GR",
    "iso3": "GRC",
    "code": 300
  },
  {
    "name": "Greenland",
    "iso2": "GL",
    "iso3": "GRL",
    "code": 304
  },
  {
    "name": "Grenada",
    "iso2": "GD",
    "iso3": "GRD",
    "code": 308
  },
  {
    "name": "Guadeloupe",
    "iso2": "GP",
    "iso3": "GLP",
    "code": 312
  },
  {
    "name": "Guam",
    "iso2": "GU",
    "iso3": "GUM",
    "code": 316
  },
  {
    "name": "Guatemala",
    "iso2": "GT",
    "iso3": "GTM",
    "code": 320
  },
  {
    "name": "Guernsey",
    "iso2": "GG",
    "iso3": "GGY",
    "code": 831
  },
  {
    "name": "Guinea",
    "iso2": "GN",
    "iso3": "GIN",
    "code": 324
  },
  {
    "name": "Guinea-Bissau",
    "iso2": "GW",
    "iso3": "GNB",
    "code": 624
  },
  {
    "name": "Guyana",
    "iso2": "GY",
    "iso3": "GUY",
    "code": 328
  },
  {
    "name": "Haiti",
    "iso2": "HT",
    "iso3": "HTI",
    "code": 332
  },
  {
    "name": "HeardIslandandMcdonaldIslands",
    "iso2": "HM",
    "iso3": "HMD",
    "code": 334
  },
  {
    "name": "HolySee(VaticanCityState)",
    "iso2": "VA",
    "iso3": "VAT",
    "code": 336
  },
  {
    "name": "Honduras",
    "iso2": "HN",
    "iso3": "HND",
    "code": 340
  },
  {
    "name": "Hungary",
    "iso2": "HU",
    "iso3": "HUN",
    "code": 348
  },
  {
    "name": "Iceland",
    "iso2": "IS",
    "iso3": "ISL",
    "code": 352
  },
  {
    "name": "India",
    "iso2": "IN",
    "iso3": "IND",
    "code": 356
  },
  {
    "name": "Indonesia",
    "iso2": "ID",
    "iso3": "IDN",
    "code": 360
  },
  {
    "name": "Iran,IslamicRepublicof",
    "iso2": "IR",
    "iso3": "IRN",
    "code": 364
  },
  {
    "name": "Iraq",
    "iso2": "IQ",
    "iso3": "IRQ",
    "code": 368
  },
  {
    "name": "Ireland",
    "iso2": "IE",
    "iso3": "IRL",
    "code": 372
  },
  {
    "name": "IsleofMan",
    "iso2": "IM",
    "iso3": "IMN",
    "code": 833
  },
  {
    "name": "Israel",
    "iso2": "IL",
    "iso3": "ISR",
    "code": 376
  },
  {
    "name": "Italy",
    "iso2": "IT",
    "iso3": "ITA",
    "code": 380
  },
  {
    "name": "Jamaica",
    "iso2": "JM",
    "iso3": "JAM",
    "code": 388
  },
  {
    "name": "Japan",
    "iso2": "JP",
    "iso3": "JPN",
    "code": 392
  },
  {
    "name": "Jersey",
    "iso2": "JE",
    "iso3": "JEY",
    "code": 832
  },
  {
    "name": "Jordan",
    "iso2": "JO",
    "iso3": "JOR",
    "code": 400
  },
  {
    "name": "Kazakhstan",
    "iso2": "KZ",
    "iso3": "KAZ",
    "code": 398
  },
  {
    "name": "Kenya",
    "iso2": "KE",
    "iso3": "KEN",
    "code": 404
  },
  {
    "name": "Kiribati",
    "iso2": "KI",
    "iso3": "KIR",
    "code": 296
  },
  {
    "name": "Korea,DemocraticPeoplesRepublicof",
    "iso2": "KP",
    "iso3": "PRK",
    "code": 408
  },
  {
    "name": "Korea,Republicof",
    "iso2": "KR",
    "iso3": "KOR",
    "code": 410
  },
  {
    "name": "Kuwait",
    "iso2": "KW",
    "iso3": "KWT",
    "code": 414
  },
  {
    "name": "Kyrgyzstan",
    "iso2": "KG",
    "iso3": "KGZ",
    "code": 417
  },
  {
    "name": "LaoPDR",
    "iso2": "LA",
    "iso3": "LAO",
    "code": 418
  },
  {
    "name": "Latvia",
    "iso2": "LV",
    "iso3": "LVA",
    "code": 428
  },
  {
    "name": "Lebanon",
    "iso2": "LB",
    "iso3": "LBN",
    "code": 422
  },
  {
    "name": "Lesotho",
    "iso2": "LS",
    "iso3": "LSO",
    "code": 426
  },
  {
    "name": "Liberia",
    "iso2": "LR",
    "iso3": "LBR",
    "code": 430
  },
  {
    "name": "Libya",
    "iso2": "LY",
    "iso3": "LBY",
    "code": 434
  },
  {
    "name": "Liechtenstein",
    "iso2": "LI",
    "iso3": "LIE",
    "code": 438
  },
  {
    "name": "Lithuania",
    "iso2": "LT",
    "iso3": "LTU",
    "code": 440
  },
  {
    "name": "Luxembourg",
    "iso2": "LU",
    "iso3": "LUX",
    "code": 442
  },
  {
    "name": "Macedonia,Republicof",
    "iso2": "MK",
    "iso3": "MKD",
    "code": 807
  },
  {
    "name": "Madagascar",
    "iso2": "MG",
    "iso3": "MDG",
    "code": 450
  },
  {
    "name": "Malawi",
    "iso2": "MW",
    "iso3": "MWI",
    "code": 454
  },
  {
    "name": "Malaysia",
    "iso2": "MY",
    "iso3": "MYS",
    "code": 458
  },
  {
    "name": "Maldives",
    "iso2": "MV",
    "iso3": "MDV",
    "code": 462
  },
  {
    "name": "Mali",
    "iso2": "ML",
    "iso3": "MLI",
    "code": 466
  },
  {
    "name": "Malta",
    "iso2": "MT",
    "iso3": "MLT",
    "code": 470
  },
  {
    "name": "MarshallIslands",
    "iso2": "MH",
    "iso3": "MHL",
    "code": 584
  },
  {
    "name": "Martinique",
    "iso2": "MQ",
    "iso3": "MTQ",
    "code": 474
  },
  {
    "name": "Mauritania",
    "iso2": "MR",
    "iso3": "MRT",
    "code": 478
  },
  {
    "name": "Mauritius",
    "iso2": "MU",
    "iso3": "MUS",
    "code": 480
  },
  {
    "name": "Mayotte",
    "iso2": "YT",
    "iso3": "MYT",
    "code": 175
  },
  {
    "name": "Mexico",
    "iso2": "MX",
    "iso3": "MEX",
    "code": 484
  },
  {
    "name": "Micronesia,FederatedStatesof",
    "iso2": "FM",
    "iso3": "FSM",
    "code": 583
  },
  {
    "name": "Moldova",
    "iso2": "MD",
    "iso3": "MDA",
    "code": 498
  },
  {
    "name": "Monaco",
    "iso2": "MC",
    "iso3": "MCO",
    "code": 492
  },
  {
    "name": "Mongolia",
    "iso2": "MN",
    "iso3": "MNG",
    "code": 496
  },
  {
    "name": "Montenegro",
    "iso2": "ME",
    "iso3": "MNE",
    "code": 499
  },
  {
    "name": "Montserrat",
    "iso2": "MS",
    "iso3": "MSR",
    "code": 500
  },
  {
    "name": "Morocco",
    "iso2": "MA",
    "iso3": "MAR",
    "code": 504
  },
  {
    "name": "Mozambique",
    "iso2": "MZ",
    "iso3": "MOZ",
    "code": 508
  },
  {
    "name": "Myanmar",
    "iso2": "MM",
    "iso3": "MMR",
    "code": 104
  },
  {
    "name": "Namibia",
    "iso2": "NA",
    "iso3": "NAM",
    "code": 516
  },
  {
    "name": "Nauru",
    "iso2": "NR",
    "iso3": "NRU",
    "code": 520
  },
  {
    "name": "Nepal",
    "iso2": "NP",
    "iso3": "NPL",
    "code": 524
  },
  {
    "name": "Netherlands",
    "iso2": "NL",
    "iso3": "NLD",
    "code": 528
  },
  {
    "name": "NetherlandsAntilles",
    "iso2": "AN",
    "iso3": "ANT",
    "code": 530
  },
  {
    "name": "NewCaledonia",
    "iso2": "NC",
    "iso3": "NCL",
    "code": 540
  },
  {
    "name": "NewZealand",
    "iso2": "NZ",
    "iso3": "NZL",
    "code": 554
  },
  {
    "name": "Nicaragua",
    "iso2": "NI",
    "iso3": "NIC",
    "code": 558
  },
  {
    "name": "Niger",
    "iso2": "NE",
    "iso3": "NER",
    "code": 562
  },
  {
    "name": "Nigeria",
    "iso2": "NG",
    "iso3": "NGA",
    "code": 566
  },
  {
    "name": "Niue",
    "iso2": "NU",
    "iso3": "NIU",
    "code": 570
  },
  {
    "name": "NorfolkIsland",
    "iso2": "NF",
    "iso3": "NFK",
    "code": 574
  },
  {
    "name": "NorthernMarianaIslands",
    "iso2": "MP",
    "iso3": "MNP",
    "code": 580
  },
  {
    "name": "Norway",
    "iso2": "NO",
    "iso3": "NOR",
    "code": 578
  },
  {
    "name": "Oman",
    "iso2": "OM",
    "iso3": "OMN",
    "code": 512
  },
  {
    "name": "Pakistan",
    "iso2": "PK",
    "iso3": "PAK",
    "code": 586
  },
  {
    "name": "Palau",
    "iso2": "PW",
    "iso3": "PLW",
    "code": 585
  },
  {
    "name": "PalestinianTerritory,Occupied",
    "iso2": "PS",
    "iso3": "PSE",
    "code": 275
  },
  {
    "name": "Panama",
    "iso2": "PA",
    "iso3": "PAN",
    "code": 591
  },
  {
    "name": "PapuaNewGuinea",
    "iso2": "PG",
    "iso3": "PNG",
    "code": 598
  },
  {
    "name": "Paraguay",
    "iso2": "PY",
    "iso3": "PRY",
    "code": 600
  },
  {
    "name": "Peru",
    "iso2": "PE",
    "iso3": "PER",
    "code": 604
  },
  {
    "name": "Philippines",
    "iso2": "PH",
    "iso3": "PHL",
    "code": 608
  },
  {
    "name": "Pitcairn",
    "iso2": "PN",
    "iso3": "PCN",
    "code": 612
  },
  {
    "name": "Poland",
    "iso2": "PL",
    "iso3": "POL",
    "code": 616
  },
  {
    "name": "Portugal",
    "iso2": "PT",
    "iso3": "PRT",
    "code": 620
  },
  {
    "name": "PuertoRico",
    "iso2": "PR",
    "iso3": "PRI",
    "code": 630
  },
  {
    "name": "Qatar",
    "iso2": "QA",
    "iso3": "QAT",
    "code": 634
  },
  {
    "name": "Réunion",
    "iso2": "RE",
    "iso3": "REU",
    "code": 638
  },
  {
    "name": "Romania",
    "iso2": "RO",
    "iso3": "ROU",
    "code": 642
  },
  {
    "name": "RussianFederation",
    "iso2": "RU",
    "iso3": "RUS",
    "code": 643
  },
  {
    "name": "Rwanda",
    "iso2": "RW",
    "iso3": "RWA",
    "code": 646
  },
  {
    "name": "Saint-Barthélemy",
    "iso2": "BL",
    "iso3": "BLM",
    "code": 652
  },
  {
    "name": "SaintHelena",
    "iso2": "SH",
    "iso3": "SHN",
    "code": 654
  },
  {
    "name": "SaintKittsandNevis",
    "iso2": "KN",
    "iso3": "KNA",
    "code": 659
  },
  {
    "name": "SaintLucia",
    "iso2": "LC",
    "iso3": "LCA",
    "code": 662
  },
  {
    "name": "Saint-Martin(Frenchpart)",
    "iso2": "MF",
    "iso3": "MAF",
    "code": 663
  },
  {
    "name": "SaintPierreandMiquelon",
    "iso2": "PM",
    "iso3": "SPM",
    "code": 666
  },
  {
    "name": "SaintVincentandGrenadines",
    "iso2": "VC",
    "iso3": "VCT",
    "code": 670
  },
  {
    "name": "Samoa",
    "iso2": "WS",
    "iso3": "WSM",
    "code": 882
  },
  {
    "name": "SanMarino",
    "iso2": "SM",
    "iso3": "SMR",
    "code": 674
  },
  {
    "name": "SaoTomeandPrincipe",
    "iso2": "ST",
    "iso3": "STP",
    "code": 678
  },
  {
    "name": "SaudiArabia",
    "iso2": "SA",
    "iso3": "SAU",
    "code": 682
  },
  {
    "name": "Senegal",
    "iso2": "SN",
    "iso3": "SEN",
    "code": 686
  },
  {
    "name": "Serbia",
    "iso2": "RS",
    "iso3": "SRB",
    "code": 688
  },
  {
    "name": "Seychelles",
    "iso2": "SC",
    "iso3": "SYC",
    "code": 690
  },
  {
    "name": "SierraLeone",
    "iso2": "SL",
    "iso3": "SLE",
    "code": 694
  },
  {
    "name": "Singapore",
    "iso2": "SG",
    "iso3": "SGP",
    "code": 702
  },
  {
    "name": "Slovakia",
    "iso2": "SK",
    "iso3": "SVK",
    "code": 703
  },
  {
    "name": "Slovenia",
    "iso2": "SI",
    "iso3": "SVN",
    "code": 705
  },
  {
    "name": "SolomonIslands",
    "iso2": "SB",
    "iso3": "SLB",
    "code": 90
  },
  {
    "name": "Somalia",
    "iso2": "SO",
    "iso3": "SOM",
    "code": 706
  },
  {
    "name": "SouthAfrica",
    "iso2": "ZA",
    "iso3": "ZAF",
    "code": 710
  },
  {
    "name": "SouthGeorgiaandtheSouthSandwichIslands",
    "iso2": "GS",
    "iso3": "SGS",
    "code": 239
  },
  {
    "name": "SouthSudan",
    "iso2": "SS",
    "iso3": "SSD",
    "code": 728
  },
  {
    "name": "Spain",
    "iso2": "ES",
    "iso3": "ESP",
    "code": 724
  },
  {
    "name": "SriLanka",
    "iso2": "LK",
    "iso3": "LKA",
    "code": 144
  },
  {
    "name": "Sudan",
    "iso2": "SD",
    "iso3": "SDN",
    "code": 736
  },
  {
    "name": "Suriname*",
    "iso2": "SR",
    "iso3": "SUR",
    "code": 740
  },
  {
    "name": "SvalbardandJanMayenIslands",
    "iso2": "SJ",
    "iso3": "SJM",
    "code": 744
  },
  {
    "name": "Swaziland",
    "iso2": "SZ",
    "iso3": "SWZ",
    "code": 748
  },
  {
    "name": "Sweden",
    "iso2": "SE",
    "iso3": "SWE",
    "code": 752
  },
  {
    "name": "Switzerland",
    "iso2": "CH",
    "iso3": "CHE",
    "code": 756
  },
  {
    "name": "SyrianArabRepublic(Syria)",
    "iso2": "SY",
    "iso3": "SYR",
    "code": 760
  },
  {
    "name": "Taiwan,RepublicofChina",
    "iso2": "TW",
    "iso3": "TWN",
    "code": 158
  },
  {
    "name": "Tajikistan",
    "iso2": "TJ",
    "iso3": "TJK",
    "code": 762
  },
  {
    "name": "Tanzania*,UnitedRepublicof",
    "iso2": "TZ",
    "iso3": "TZA",
    "code": 834
  },
  {
    "name": "Thailand",
    "iso2": "TH",
    "iso3": "THA",
    "code": 764
  },
  {
    "name": "Timor-Leste",
    "iso2": "TL",
    "iso3": "TLS",
    "code": 626
  },
  {
    "name": "Togo",
    "iso2": "TG",
    "iso3": "TGO",
    "code": 768
  },
  {
    "name": "Tokelau",
    "iso2": "TK",
    "iso3": "TKL",
    "code": 772
  },
  {
    "name": "Tonga",
    "iso2": "TO",
    "iso3": "TON",
    "code": 776
  },
  {
    "name": "TrinidadandTobago",
    "iso2": "TT",
    "iso3": "TTO",
    "code": 780
  },
  {
    "name": "Tunisia",
    "iso2": "TN",
    "iso3": "TUN",
    "code": 788
  },
  {
    "name": "Turkey",
    "iso2": "TR",
    "iso3": "TUR",
    "code": 792
  },
  {
    "name": "Turkmenistan",
    "iso2": "TM",
    "iso3": "TKM",
    "code": 795
  },
  {
    "name": "TurksandCaicosIslands",
    "iso2": "TC",
    "iso3": "TCA",
    "code": 796
  },
  {
    "name": "Tuvalu",
    "iso2": "TV",
    "iso3": "TUV",
    "code": 798
  },
  {
    "name": "Uganda",
    "iso2": "UG",
    "iso3": "UGA",
    "code": 800
  },
  {
    "name": "Ukraine",
    "iso2": "UA",
    "iso3": "UKR",
    "code": 804
  },
  {
    "name": "UnitedArabEmirates",
    "iso2": "AE",
    "iso3": "ARE",
    "code": 784
  },
  {
    "name": "UnitedKingdom",
    "iso2": "GB",
    "iso3": "GBR",
    "code": 826
  },
  {
    "name": "UnitedStatesofAmerica",
    "iso2": "US",
    "iso3": "USA",
    "code": 840
  },
  {
    "name": "UnitedStatesMinorOutlyingIslands",
    "iso2": "UM",
    "iso3": "UMI",
    "code": 581
  },
  {
    "name": "Uruguay",
    "iso2": "UY",
    "iso3": "URY",
    "code": 858
  },
  {
    "name": "Uzbekistan",
    "iso2": "UZ",
    "iso3": "UZB",
    "code": 860
  },
  {
    "name": "Vanuatu",
    "iso2": "VU",
    "iso3": "VUT",
    "code": 548
  },
  {
    "name": "Venezuela(BolivarianRepublicof)",
    "iso2": "VE",
    "iso3": "VEN",
    "code": 862
  },
  {
    "name": "VietNam",
    "iso2": "VN",
    "iso3": "VNM",
    "code": 704
  },
  {
    "name": "VirginIslands,US",
    "iso2": "VI",
    "iso3": "VIR",
    "code": 850
  },
  {
    "name": "WallisandFutunaIslands",
    "iso2": "WF",
    "iso3": "WLF",
    "code": 876
  },
  {
    "name": "WesternSahara",
    "iso2": "EH",
    "iso3": "ESH",
    "code": 732
  },
  {
    "name": "Yemen",
    "iso2": "YE",
    "iso3": "YEM",
    "code": 887
  },
  {
    "name": "Zambia",
    "iso2": "ZM",
    "iso3": "ZMB",
    "code": 894
  },
  {
    "name": "Zimbabwe",
    "iso2": "ZW",
    "iso3": "ZWE",
    "code": 716
  }
]

and a topojson with country code. 3 digit code Link to the topojson I used this topojson: http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/raw/4090846/world-50m.json

{"type":"Polygon","id":574,"arcs":[[2005]]},

Javascript

var test;

d3.json("jsons/topo.json", function(main){
  d3.json("jsons/name_and_codes.json", function(subs){
    test = subs;
    stitch(main, ["objects","countries", "geometries"], ["id"], subs, [], ["code"], "iso");
  });
});

function stitch(data_main, data_main_path_item, data_main_path_value, data_subs, data_subs_path_item, data_subs_path_value, field_name){

  //get main items
  var data_main_item = data_main;
  for (var i = 0; i < data_main_path_item.length; i++) {
    data_main_item = data_main_item[data_main_path_item[i]];
  }
  //get sub items
  var data_subs_item = data_subs;
  for (var i = 0; i < data_subs_path_item.length; i++) {
    data_subs_item = data_subs_item[data_subs_path_item[i]];
  }

  //iterate threw subs items and create easily traversible object
  var data_subs_dict = [];
  for (var i in data_subs_item) {
    //get the value of the sub items
    var data_subs_value = data_subs_item[i];
    for (var ii = 0; ii < data_subs_path_value.length; ii++) {
      data_subs_value = data_subs_value[data_subs_path_value[ii]];
    }
    data_subs_dict[data_subs_value] = data_subs_item[i];
  }

  //iterate threw main items
  var data_main_dict = data_main_item;
  for (var i in data_main_item) {
    //get the value of the main items
    var data_main_value = data_main_item[i];
    for (var ii = 0; ii < data_main_path_value.length; ii++) { 
      data_main_value = data_main_value[data_main_path_value[ii]];
    }

    data_main_dict[i][field_name] = data_subs_dict[data_main_value];
  }
  var data_news = data_main;

  //append data_main_dict which isn't working
  /*
  for (var i = 0; i < data_main_path_item.length; i++) {
    if ( i == data_main_path_item.length )
    data_news[data_main_path_item[i]] = data_main_dict ;
  }*/

  data_news.objects.countries.geometries = data_main_dict; //NOT GENERIC!

  console.log(data_news);

  return data_news;
}

Solution 1

The GNU tools appear to have code that causes accented letters to be treated like their base letters when matching a regex character class, if supported by the character encoding. This is intended as a "do what I mean" sort of feature to make writing regexes easier, but in this case it's getting in your way.

Try the following modification to your "find" command line:

LANG=C find . -regex '.*[^a-zA-Z./].*'

This sets the LANG environment variable only in the context of the "find" command. Since the "C" language encoding supports only ASCII, the accented letters will no longer be treated as their base letters, and so will be matched properly by your regex.

Solution 2

Jander's answer does the job perfectly, for those interested in getting more out of this, here is one more tip.

With LANG=C, find displays non-ascii characters with question marks. To convert that back to their normal display with that file system, just pipe the output to cat.

LANG=C find . -regex '.*[^a-zA-Z./-].*'
./??verest
./????????????-rest
./Abc?def

LANG=C find . -regex '.*[^a-zA-Z./-].*' | cat
./éverest
./ÉÈéèáà-rest
./Abc�def

Comments

[Gilles 'SO- stop being evil']

What's actually going on is that find converts unprintable characters to ?, but only if it's printing to a terminal. With find … | cat, it's not printing to a terminal so it's printing the bytes as they come. With LANG=C, every non-ASCII character is unprintable.

[Gilles 'SO- stop being evil']

It would be more reliable to run LC_CTYPE=C find … or LC_ALL=C find …. The precedence of environment variable is LC_ALL first, if absent LC_xxx for the desired locale category (here ctype, i.e. character set and encoding), if also absent LANG. So if already you have LC_CTYPE in the environment (common in the 95% of the world whose language can't be written in ASCII), LANG= won't change a thing.

[asoundmove]

This looks like an elegant solution however it does not seem to work for me.