On Tuesday 29 October 2024 15:18:40 GMT 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 > some cases I can use wild cards to change them. Frank gave me some > ideas on that off list, while discussing his nifty checksum tool. > Anyway, I ran up on a few that start with a dash, "-", and I can't find > a way around that. The mv command thinks it is me trying to include a > option. It spits out something like this. > > > mv: unrecognized option '---ne.avi' > > > Some of the other characters I run into look like this. > > > ���� > > > Those I can usually get around with wildcards. I have not found a way > to get around the ones with the dash in front tho. I tried a single > quote, double quote etc but still no worky. Also, tab completion > doesn't help either. > > One reason I want to change these, it makes Frank's script puke on my > keyboard. It reacts the same way with Franks script as it does when I > try to use cp or mv. Why someone would name files that way is beyond me. > > What is the trick to rename these files? I've tried mv, Dolphin, > Krusader and such. There has to be a way but I can't figure out what it > is. Heck, I'm not even sure what to search for to find out how to do > this. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
In a terminal running bash you can try: mv ./-ne.avi newname.avi or use a double dash to indicate end of options for the preceding command: mv -- -ne.avi newname.avi For a GUI-fied application, you can use 'kde-misc/krename'.
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