From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07982158042 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:26:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4DABFE09B1; Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:26:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from m1.out3.mxs.au (m1.out3.mxs.au [43.250.140.182]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74D92E09A4 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:26:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s08ce.syd5.hostingplatform.net.au (s08ce.syd5.hostingplatform.net.au [43.250.142.155]) by out3.mxs.au (Halon) with ESMTPS (TLSv1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 id b0a70a0a-983b-11ef-a202-00163c573069 for ; Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:26:00 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from 217.249.70.115.static.exetel.com.au ([115.70.249.217]:49780 helo=[192.168.14.3]) by s08ce.syd5.hostingplatform.net.au with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96.2) (envelope-from ) id 1t6oqu-003xOi-2J for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:26:00 +1100 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:25:59 +0800 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Renaming files with those pesky picture type characters. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <32f571c7-de3f-53da-185a-9cdfa0797a93@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-AU From: Andrew Lowe In-Reply-To: <32f571c7-de3f-53da-185a-9cdfa0797a93@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - s08ce.syd5.hostingplatform.net.au X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - wht.com.au X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: s08ce.syd5.hostingplatform.net.au: authenticated_id: whtcomau/from_h X-Authenticated-Sender: s08ce.syd5.hostingplatform.net.au: gentoo.email@wht.com.au X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Archives-Salt: 052dc4bf-c548-4c3e-b633-2a822a59b65b X-Archives-Hash: a83c4d88d28dab4007ce4738949f113e On 10/29/24 11:18 PM, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I downloaded some files.  I have a few that have some weird names.  Some > have those picture type characters.  Some start with a dash, "-".  In [snip] Plenty of people have replied with good info. My 2c from when I came across this exact problem is "vidir" contained in "moreutils". Also, thumbs up for the tid-bit on "--" terminating the options string. Andrew