[Solved] Illegal Characters in Directory Name

[dobbs]

I'm having a heck of a time with this one. I downloaded a zipfile on the web. I unzipped the file and the directory that was created contained an accent in one of the names. I think the word is February, but it is spelled F?vrier. I believe the ? is an accented e. I can't open,rename, or delete the directory. The message I get is no such directory with that name. I've tried it in Krusader ,Dolphin,Konqueror and the command line with rm and mv. I've tried as user and root. It seems that I've dealt with this before, but I can't remember my remedy. I'm using KDE4.... :-(

[jaydot]

you should be able to right click and rename to something innocuous in your file manager of choice.

[dobbs]

Thanks, but this is what I get when I try to rename it...



folder does not exist

[Texstar]

Can you remove it in the console with rm -rf "name of stupid file" using the quote option?

[dobbs]

It's a directory so rm doesn't work. I tried rmdir, but it also didn't work.
With rmdir, I get "invalid option -r" and/or "invalid option -f" as error messages.
When using rmdir without any options I get "no such file or directory"... :-(

[Old-Polack]

It's a directory so rm doesn't work. I tried rmdir, but it also didn't work.
With rmdir, I get "invalid option -r" and/or "invalid option -f" as error messages.
When using rmdir without any options I get "no such file or directory"... :-(

The command rm -rf "<directory name>" works for me, removing the directory, sub directories and any included files. Also, rm -rf *<part of directory name>* works the same way.

Try;

rm -rf *vrier*

[Animal]

if it wont delete the folder because you cant type the filename because of the non standard character, try temporarily moving the non effected files and folders out of that directory into another folder, then just just do a rm -rf "*" wildcard.. that way it will delete any file or folders that are effected by the non standard character. just an idea..

[Bald Brick]

Try simply using the wildcard ? instead of the troublesome character:

Code:

mv f?vrier fevrier

You might even try

Code:

mv f?vrier février

(é is not an illegal character; the reason it gives you trouble is probably that your system has been set up to use UTF-8 while the name of the directory was created with another encoding.)

[dobbs]

@old-polack
Thanks for your reply rm -rf *vrier* worked perfectly. I'm not sure why others didn't work. But thanks to everyone for your replies. This is the friendliest and most responsive forum I've been a member of.....

mv *vrier fevrier also worked.. Thanks to all...

[Old-Polack]

@old-polack
Thanks for your reply rm -rf *vrier* worked perfectly. I'm not sure why others didn't work. But thanks to everyone for your replies. This is the friendliest and most responsive forum I've been a member of.....

I've run into the same sort of problem myself, and it's very annoying until you figure it out. Glad it worked for you too.

[YouCanToo]

I'm having a heck of a time with this one. I downloaded a zipfile on the web. I unzipped the file and the directory that was created contained an accent in one of the names. I think the word is February, but it is spelled F?vrier. I believe the ? is an accented e. I can't open,rename, or delete the directory. The message I get is no such directory with that name. I've tried it in Krusader ,Dolphin,Konqueror and the command line with rm and mv. I've tried as user and root. It seems that I've dealt with this before, but I can't remember my remedy. I'm using KDE4.... :-(

I clicked on the attached image and it took me to a page and than ended up with the following (See Attached)  If at that point you click on Cancel or ok it takes you to a page and tells you your were infected by many different viruses .  Damn it I hate pages that do this.

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[Old-Polack]

YouCanToo:

If you click the Important Info link above the image, you'll also see this.

[margarita]

hola amigos,

I have a similar problem with files.

Fred und Rolf - �ber uns die Wolken.mp3
Peter Fr�hlich - Ich bin immer f�r dich da.mp3
...

konqueror and krusada - "The file or ... not exist." I can't rename or move.
pcman - no problems, I can rename and move
mc from konsole no problems

I'm sure that the problems exist only since KDE4
and now 


saludos

[Animal]

I'm sure that the problems exist only since KDE4

KDE 4 has nothing to do with this, this is a character set issue. Not a DE issue.

[margarita]

I'm sure that the problems exist only since KDE4

KDE 4 has nothing to do with this, this is a character set issue. Not a DE issue.

I previously thought too
BUT
Why the error occurs after upgrading to KDE 4?
Why the error occurs only with KDE applications? (konqueror and krusader)
Why work pcman?