Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:55:37 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za> To: "Jimmy Lantz" <jimmy.lantz@lusidor.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Question List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem accessing file (NOT permission problem) Message-ID: <04fd01c24aa4$628c0270$b50d030a@PATRICK> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020823132915.027a0008@mail.lusidor.nu>
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From: "Jimmy Lantz" <jimmy.lantz@lusidor.com>
> Hi,
> I 'm wondering a bit on how to access files that starts
> with a character not "supported" directly by freebsd,
> i mean if the file starts with a char that got translated into ? by
freebsd,
> how do I know which char to enter to access it ?
>
> -rw-r----- 1 ftp ftp 464 19 Aug 2003 ?estfile.txt
>
> It's not a a question mark it's just been substituted.
I would try something like:
# mv ?estfile.txt testfile.txt
In this case the command you type is with a real '?' character, which,
coincidentally, matches any character (it is a single-character
wildcard, similar to *, but for one character only!). Hopefully you
will end up with a file called 'testfile.txt'.
BTW: ls -lb might reveal what the funny character actually is.
Regards,
Patrick O'Reilly.
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