Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!chinet!rlk From: rlk@chinet.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Confused file name in directory Message-ID: <1115@chinet.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Feb-87 23:11:34 EST Article-I.D.: chinet.1115 Posted: Thu Feb 26 23:11:34 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Mar-87 12:36:48 EST References: <105@aob.UUCP> <563@aw.sei.cmu.edu.sei.cmu.edu> <5587@mimsy.UUCP> <14115@sun.uucp> Reply-To: rlk@chinet.UUCP (Richard Klappal) Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix Lines: 15 Xref: utgpu comp.unix.questions:1217 comp.unix.wizards:1165 comp.unix.xenix:130 I've used the following to correct directory entries with unprintable characters. I don't know if it will work with the NULL. ls -i D* to get the inode number find . -inum number -exec mv {} new_name \; You might want to verify that the inode number is unique if you have multiple filesystems, if they are subdirs of `.' -- --- UUCP: ..!ihnp4!chinet!uklpl!rlk || MCIMail: rklappal || Compuserve: 74106,1021 ..!ihnp4!ihu1h!rlk ---