From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 02:21:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EC201065675 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:21:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from typhoon.enabled.com (typhoon.enabled.com [216.218.220.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4129C8FC0C for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:21:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from [172.23.8.177] (nat-service4.juniper.net [66.129.225.151]) (authenticated bits=0) by typhoon.enabled.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBF2LRfJ036902 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:21:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Message-ID: <4945BF22.7030606@enabled.com> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:21:22 -0800 From: Noah User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Macintosh/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: User Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: control character file names X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:21:28 -0000 Hi there, there is a blank directory that I cant seem to view. I believe the directory is a '^M'. can somebody please explain how I can see filenames and directories containing control characters. Also how do I rename the directory with 'mv'? Cheers, Noah