[olug] Unix Tip: REMOVING FILES WITH BAD FILE NAMES

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			Unix Tip 2035 - July 28, 2003

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REMOVING FILES WITH BAD FILE NAMES

If a file has a special 
character, Unix will try to 
interpret the character. 
Renaming these type of files 
cannot be done with a simple 
"mv".....it will have to be 
done using the file's inode.

For example:
# ls -i "GSO (website)"
(the "-i" flag will display the file's inode)
  41734 GSO(website)

...the inode for the "bad" file is "41734"

1. once the inode is identified, use the find command to
rename the file:
 
      find . -inum 41734 -exec mv \{\} NewName \;

2. do an "ls" to verify


This tip generously supported by: arimaldo at earthlink.net


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