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Hello, I have an annoying problem. I have a file with strange characters in the filename that can't be deleted.
When I downloaded files from an ftp-server whose names contained characters like å, ä, ö (common in Sweden). Now all files containing such a character got a strange name (which is not so odd, since the odd character looked like the start of a multibyte char, and was then displayed as a multibyte char), those were no problem, I was able to rename them and give them proper names.
One file, however, stood out, it contained two strange characters in a row, and got a really messed up name. When I click on the name it disapears from the finder window, until I close and open it again. I cannot rename it (since I can't click on it) and when trying my good ol' friend the terminal, it cannot display the name, but says filename with strange unprintable chars + "No such file or directory". rm seems not an option.
How do I delete this thing? I can move it to the trash (by moving the folder that contains it), but it's not deleted when I empty the trash.
thanks for any help
Theo
When I downloaded files from an ftp-server whose names contained characters like å, ä, ö (common in Sweden). Now all files containing such a character got a strange name (which is not so odd, since the odd character looked like the start of a multibyte char, and was then displayed as a multibyte char), those were no problem, I was able to rename them and give them proper names.
One file, however, stood out, it contained two strange characters in a row, and got a really messed up name. When I click on the name it disapears from the finder window, until I close and open it again. I cannot rename it (since I can't click on it) and when trying my good ol' friend the terminal, it cannot display the name, but says filename with strange unprintable chars + "No such file or directory". rm seems not an option.
How do I delete this thing? I can move it to the trash (by moving the folder that contains it), but it's not deleted when I empty the trash.
thanks for any help
Theo