[SOLVED] Rename a corrupted folder ?

[bicol_willem]

The problem is the spaces in the name 01 - Andrea Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3. You could try escaping them with backslashes like this:
01\ -\ Andrea Berg\ -\ Warum\ nur\ tr?umen.mp3
or you could use quotes:
"01 - Andrea Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3"


[willem@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]$ rm "01 - Andrea Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3"
rm: cannot remove `01 - Andrea Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3': No such file or directory
[willem@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]$

[root@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]# rm 01\ -\ Andrea Berg\ -\ Warum\ nur\ tr?umen.mp3
rm: cannot remove `01 - Andrea': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3': No such file or directory

One more try (a combi of things)

[root@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]# "rm 01\ -\ Andrea Berg\ -\ Warum\ nur\ tr?umen.mp3"
bash: rm 01\ -\ Andrea Berg\ -\ Warum\ nur\ tr?umen.mp3: command not found
[root@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]#


NO such file or directory ...... (I can play the music!)

[Arsène Leiris]

anyone could help me with iconv ?

[bicol_willem]

anyone could help me with iconv ?

"ok, so I have no alternative but to delete it, ok thank you !"

I really wonder if you can ....

[AS]

try:

ls -lq

will give you a "?" for each hidden character in the filename.

edit:
alternatively you can try rm *, answering yes only for files you want to delete.

[bicol_willem]

I got it!

[willem@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]$ rm 01*.mp3
rm: remove regular file `01 - Andrea Berg - Warum nur tr\204umen.mp3'? y
[willem@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]$

This way I got finally rid of it! (Got it double anyway). Thanks to all that helped out here and hopefully this can help the OP getting rid of his (if he can't solve it it otherwise).

[AS]

anyone could help me with iconv ?

please explain what is the source and what is the destination, in terms of encoding (i.e. windows cp1252) and used filesystems, or provide similar info at your best.

AS

[Bald Brick]

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mv: impossible d'évaluer « Vid*o »: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type doesn't work... I'll try iconv

Are you certain that "the shown name" really was "Vid?o" and not "Vid?os"? And were you in the parent folder when you entered the command?

[Bald Brick]

The problem is the spaces in the name 01 - Andrea Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3. You could try escaping them with backslashes like this:
01\ -\ Andrea Berg\ -\ Warum\ nur\ tr?umen.mp3
or you could use quotes:
"01 - Andrea Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3"

I'm sorry, but there remained one unescaped space between Andrea and Berg. The title should have been:
01\ -\ Andrea\ Berg\ -\ Warum\ nur\ tr?umen.mp3

My fault.

[willem@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]$ rm "01 - Andrea Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3"
rm: cannot remove `01 - Andrea Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3': No such file or directory
[willem@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]$

[root@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]# rm 01\ -\ Andrea Berg\ -\ Warum\ nur\ tr?umen.mp3
rm: cannot remove `01 - Andrea': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `Berg - Warum nur tr?umen.mp3': No such file or directory

Yes. Immediately after posting I realized that the quotes would make the shell interpret the question mark literally and not as a wildcard. I edited my post but obviously not fast enough.

One more try (a combi of things)

[root@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]# "rm 01\ -\ Andrea Berg\ -\ Warum\ nur\ tr?umen.mp3"
bash: rm 01\ -\ Andrea Berg\ -\ Warum\ nur\ tr?umen.mp3: command not found
[root@linux Andrea Berg - Traume lugen nicht]#


NO such file or directory ...... (I can play the music!)

I'm glad as managed to give you better help.

[Arsène Leiris]

ls -lq gives me Vid?os

One more time... I installed PCLinuxOS with the french live CD (http://pclinuxos-fr.org/telecharger/) and then I re-installed it with the original PCLinuxOS. My Vidéos folder became Vid?os.

[Bald Brick]

ls -lq gives me Vid?os

One more time... I installed PCLinuxOS with the french live CD (http://pclinuxos-fr.org/telecharger/) and then I re-installed it with the original PCLinuxOS. My Vidéos folder became Vid?os.

Then try

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mv Vid*os Vidéos
(If you have several files or folders in the same directory with names beginning with "Vid" and ending with "os" it won't work. If it's just one folder it should.)

[Arsène Leiris]

what the **** ! It works !

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mv Vid*os Vidéos
I... I... don't understand ! I already tried it and it didn't work !!

Thank you very much Bald Brick !

[AS]

I'm glad as managed to give you better help.

not really better then You! 

AS

[Bald Brick]

what the **** ! It works !

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mv Vid*os Vidéos
I... I... don't understand ! I already tried it and it didn't work !!

Thank you very much Bald Brick !

You are welcome. (You probably tried "mv Vid*o Vidéos" as I recommended in my earlier post. But my recommendation was based on the fact that you had told us the corrupted file name was "Vid?o", not  "Vid?os".)

 

[Arsène Leiris]

oh right...