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06-13-2002, 11:38 PM	#1
5amYan Member Registered: Apr 2002 Location: The District Distribution: FreeBSD, OBSD maybe Gentoo and Winblech XP Posts: 291 Rep:	NX general ^M question Does anyone know if non-printing characters can be used in filenames and passwords? If so how do you use them and how do you get them back out?

06-14-2002, 03:43 AM	#2
JaseP Senior Member Registered: Jun 2002 Location: Eastern PA, USA Distribution: K/Ubuntu 18.04-14.04, Scientific Linux 6.3-6.4, Android-x86, Pretty much all distros at one point... Posts: 1,802 Rep:	I'm pretty sure that nonprinting characters can be used in filenames, but I think that they are illegal in passwords. I could be wrong though.

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