[EdLUG] renaming of illegal filenames

[Tai Kedzierski]

mv './-190207Cr5-Training#01.wav'

specifically, say it's in the current directory



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On 20 May 2015 at 10:58, Joe Barnett <joe-barnett at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I've drawn a blank here,  I have a few files which I want to move but mv
> does not like them and rename will not touch them.  I cannot even directly
> ls them.
>
> The file names are as follows
>
> -190207Cr5-Training#01.wav
> -190207Cr5-Training#02.tcl
> -190207Cr5-Training#02.wav
> -190207Cr5-Training.avi
> -190207Cr5-Training.mda
> -190207Cr5-Training.tcl
>
> for instance
>
> mv -190207Cr5-Training* 2007-02-19_training/
> mv: invalid option -- '1'
>
> ls -190207Cr5-Training*
> ls: invalid option -- '9'
>
> It's that - on the beginning.
>
> The files were created on a Windows (NT4) system,  Perhaps I could run up
> a virtual NT machine to change them but there must be an easier way.
>
>
>
> Update - I've managed to move the files by going up to the parent then
> back down to the child directory, it gets the - away from the front of the
> file path but still I have the bad file name.
>
> Update 2 -  I've now renamed them individually by the same method,  but
> what a pain!  There were only 6 to do this time,  but there may have been
> more.
>
> Still there must be an easier way.
>
>
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