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 909AA158042 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2024 14:17:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 294B1E0958; Fri, 1 Nov 2024 14:17:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qv1-f49.google.com (mail-qv1-f49.google.com [209.85.219.49]) (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 BCBE8E093D for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2024 14:17:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qv1-f49.google.com with SMTP id 6a1803df08f44-6d18cdab29dso13360366d6.0 for ; Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:17:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1730470665; x=1731075465; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=3Zn6VedOWgodSPN+uu9j3W5z/jltbcXmMc633KXTDQw=; b=PZaZDGVPUk/p+MpypiIvxPSGWhaZWN5KnOScMnpk1kI0zDgO1x5qbyqbr8U8BYPXOk WarFtKaaENo8t8aJEJOlJ6kTCxRoLl10gUbUoOoIn/JLQGmKWmRnFIQ2unr/9kF7RcIz ql2ox1Wc/Z2oitwAKgk6qgWxt5F5/KkqzLZb1V63xfVpq209fy5fBs8NTKxJkxm9VZwk fqi0kppxpkNbd9kVPnL6Cadcad79bQP6f4W+1SUFHq1uA+WalVVkBTa7BaqJC4H+S4YF n7l8lC77gDaJajLqzND9ctCEa0bPYgOnhebDom97DlYkZnWDgM33k13ZuUzhxrtQ1kU/ BBMw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YynnfxMrrOs2gaoA/mA9YHV37663c00wViKknzGudyfOq9Q/OZS Q7AQU5acRNGydreJB70SNrSpnu6MeqgxbWTPP3zGYXCEvJsPBO1hdq+kGvdmT2yakZS1h5XDd8U F X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEDtbyGs3oi5wZUfqxVb99u1TtnMUoefVwQbN2nlVEIij1FSQYx3YhiPwbcF5oVp8O4ENbAzA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6214:2f13:b0:6cc:255:2037 with SMTP id 6a1803df08f44-6d1856e537amr295749276d6.24.1730470664995; Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:17:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.20] (32-216-196-135.bng01.wlmn.ct.frontiernet.net. [32.216.196.135]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 6a1803df08f44-6d35416042asm19590006d6.88.2024.11.01.07.17.44 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:17:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:16:42 -0400 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-US From: Jack Ostroff In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 5f91adc4-0ec3-47ee-bcf7-79ed206833dc X-Archives-Hash: 213d96c801f8d5c9f6999625a4532c12 On 10/31/24 10:25 PM, Andrew Lowe wrote: > 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 To add another 2c, 'ls -b' should show escape sequences you should be able to use to type in the characters, so I'm curious what that would have showed.  I also still wonder what Dolphin did - Dale said it  failed, but not how. Jack