Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:28:48 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: control character file names Message-ID: <8763lm189r.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <4945BF22.7030606@enabled.com> (Noah's message of "Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:21:22 -0800") References: <4945BF22.7030606@enabled.com>
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:21:22 -0800, Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote:
> 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'?
There are quite a couple of options:
* Use the -B option of the `ls' utility.
This should print the non-printable characters using octal
numbers, i.e.:
$ touch 'foo^Mbar'
$ /bin/ls -lB foo*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 keramida users 0 Dec 15 04:27 foo\015bar
$
* Use a file manager.
I often use `dired-mode' inside an Emacs session to move around,
copy, re-organize, rename or delete files. Any file manager that
can display several character sets at once will do fine :)
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