[SOLVED] bash completion matching weird letters?

sysslack_linux · 12-12-2007, 04:25 PM

Hallo
I have a challenge with names that gets renamed without my permission to something like VaktmÂÂ¤stare
How can I match them with bash completion so I can rename them to
something more apropriate?
This letter I believe is the spanish Â as far as I am concerned.

Thanks in advance :-)

kaz2100 · 12-12-2007, 04:36 PM

Hya,

What happens

Code:

>mv Vakt [tab]

Do you have many of them?

Similar thing happened to my penguin last night, it was escape sequence, so it was hard.

Happy Penguins!

forrestt · 12-12-2007, 04:58 PM

What is the output of "ls Vaktm*stare"? If it outputs that file then "mv Vaktm*stare more_appropriate".

HTH

Forrest

sysslack_linux · 12-13-2007, 02:54 AM

Thank You!
I know the basics
But this is specially!To be specific this is the
name of the file, and I can't figure how to match !

VaktmÃÂ¤stare FastighetsskÃÂ¶tare_ HOTEL KARLAPLAN AB.doc

I would like the new name to be

Vaktmaster.doc

matthewg42 · 12-13-2007, 05:44 AM

Does this command display the long name - and only that file?

Code:

echo "Vaktm*HOTEL*.doc"

If it does, you should be able to use this command to rename the file:

Code:

mv Vaktm*HOTEL*.doc Vaktmaster.doc

sysslack_linux · 12-13-2007, 02:00 PM

Yes!!!
You are a genius

Curious
Why did that work?

I heard before that you could use this:

something like this ./* something

forrestt · 12-13-2007, 02:03 PM

That's what I was saying as well. I didn't know the real filename (so I used the one you gave me). It works because * matches anything. What you are saying is:

mv Vaktm[anycharacters]HOTEL[anycharacters].doc Vaktmaster.doc

HTH

Forrest