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Date:      05 Feb 2003 20:08:53 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Walter <walterk1@earthlink.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: handling non-printable characters in file names
Message-ID:  <44of5qcj16.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <3E4157E9.3030203@earthlink.net>
References:  <3E4157E9.3030203@earthlink.net>

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Walter <walterk1@earthlink.net> writes:

>     Leaving out the details, I need to know how to
> navigate directories and remove files that use non-
> printable characters in their names. du and ls show
> me they're there, but I can't figure out how to make
> cd work, or rm either.  Fwiw, the non-printable char
> is \225.  Lynx was not able to see the directory
> either, but maybe because it began with a ". " -
> I don't know.

The manual for rm(1) covers this.

>     Also, is there a way to configure FBSD from accepting
> non-printable characters in file names?

No.

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