Catch and replace invalid path chars
    [replace, with]

def sanitize(string):
    """
    Catch and replace invalid path chars
    [replace, with]
    """
    replace_chars = [
        ['\\', '-'], [':', '-'], ['/', '-'],
        ['?', ''], ['<', ''], ['>', ''],
        ['`', '`'], ['|', '-'], ['*', '`'],
        ['"', '\''], ['.', ''], ['&', 'and']
    ]
    for ch in replace_chars:
        string = string.replace(ch[0], ch[1])
    return string