#!/usr/bin/bash convert_path() { local ARG="$1" ARG="${ARG//C:\\//c/}" ARG="${ARG//c:\\//c/}" ARG="${ARG//C:\///c/}" ARG="${ARG//c:\///c/}" echo "$ARG" } declare params=() for x in "${@}" do params+=("$(convert_path "${x}")") done "${params[@]}"