On Sun, Dec 14, 2008, Noah 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 various ways to handle this. # this will show the file with special characters escaped ls | cat -v # this will put the output of ls into a file that can then be # edited with vim so one could insert ``mv '' before the funny # file name, and `` newname'' after it. ls > tmpfile As others have mentioned, using a graphical file manager can make it easy as well. Bill -- INTERNET: [email protected] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. -- Buckminster Fuller _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
