[Solved] Special characters in file/folder can't be modified/deleted

[CladesAffero]

hello to all! I've seen lots and lots of threads in different forums with the exact same problem but non of them seems to have a real solution or is a solution for another linux distro.

I downloaded lots of music with torrents and some of them have special characters used in spanish or other languages (like accents and all that stuff. EX: á é ñ) and i can't access to the files in the folders or play the files with this characters. I tried to simply rename the file or folder (as i used in ubuntu) to see if that works but it tells me the file or folder doesn't exist! Someone could help me?

[Telengard]

Re: Special characters in file/folder can't be modified/deleted

Give an example of one file name which you cannot rename.

Whatever the problem characters may be, the problem can usually be worked around by using globbing on the command line.

test$ ls
á é ñ.txt
test$ mv -iv ?\ ?\ ?.txt my_file.txt
`á é ñ.txt' -> `my_file.txt'
test$ ls
my_file.txt

The following thread discusses a number of possible solutions, and maybe it will help you. (Just ignore the one post suggesting an rm command!)

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...l-char-882901/

prename should be in the repos.

HTH

[CladesAffero]

Re: Special characters in file/folder can't be modified/deleted

@Telengard

thanks a lot for your reply. It worked but it's a long way to rename hundreds of files.

After posting this thread i realized that all special characters where from other language, so i installed spanish language package to see if that worked. and it did! now all my files and folders can be accessed.

[Telengard]

Re: Special characters in file/folder can't be modified/deleted

thanks a lot for your reply. It worked but it's a long way to rename hundreds of files.

Why? That's exactly why I linked you to prename.

rename - renames multiple files

Anyway, installing the language was probably the best solution for your case. Good to know you fixed it

[oshunluvr]

Re: Special characters in file/folder can't be modified/deleted

There's a GUI tool - Krename that seems to work well in this regard and does whole batches at once.

[Telengard]

Re: Special characters in file/folder can't be modified/deleted

Nice one, oshunluvr!

http://www.krename.net

The preview feature looks useful.

[CladesAffero]

Re: Special characters in file/folder can't be modified/deleted

Thanks to both. sorry for my mistake. Since my problem was already resolved i didn't paid much attention to what i was reading. I thought it was only for 1 file

BTW if there's a way to mark the thread as solved?

[Telengard]

Re: Special characters in file/folder can't be modified/deleted

BTW if there's a way to mark the thread as solved?

Click the Modify button on your opening post and edit the Subject field. Just insert [Solved] at the beginning of the subject line.