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# 1  
Old 04-01-2015
Change ? char from files and directory
Hello,
I must change files and dirs name which contains che "?" char, I try this:

Code:
rename 's/?/-/' *.*

nothing, what's the problem?
thanks
# 2  
Old 04-01-2015
Did you try to escape the ? ?
# 3  
Old 04-01-2015
In ls, ? sometimes means various kinds of unprintable characters you wouldn't expect to appear in a filename.
# 4  
Old 04-01-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Did you try to escape the ? ?
yes, but nothing

---------- Post updated at 06:13 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:12 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
In ls, ? sometimes means various kinds of unprintable characters you wouldn't expect to appear in a filename.

it's seems
# 5  
Old 04-01-2015
In that case, you could try a character class, e.g. print:
Code:
rename 's/[^[:print:]]/-/' *.*

# 6  
Old 04-01-2015
You can also use the inode to refer to the file without having to match its name. Get the number from ls -li, and use it in find:

Code:
$ ls -li

3548035 -rw-r--r-- 1 tyler tyler     52 Oct 20 09:39 a.log

$ find . -xdev -inum 3548035 -exec echo rm '{}' ';'

rm ./a.log

$

Remove the 'echo' once you've tested that it does what you want.
# 7  
Old 04-02-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
In that case, you could try a character class, e.g. print:
Code:
rename 's/[^[:print:]]/-/' *.*

nothing...

---------- Post updated at 09:14 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:13 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
You can also use the inode to refer to the file without having to match its name. Get the number from ls -li, and use it in find:

Code:
$ ls -li

3548035 -rw-r--r-- 1 tyler tyler     52 Oct 20 09:39 a.log

$ find . -xdev -inum 3548035 -exec echo rm '{}' ';'

rm ./a.log

$

Remove the 'echo' once you've tested that it does what you want.
I need rename all files with ? char... in this case I don't solve my problem...
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