[Klug-general] My PFY

[David Halliday]

couldn't this be managed with the find application. Something along the
lines of "find all files with "-" in their name and replace it with sed
acting on the mv command. OK this will probably require going in a script
but interesting problem.

My biggest joy with file names was using get_iplayer when there was a show
containing cover versions of Bob Dylan songs called "...sings Dylan" After
downloading it I couldn't find it in my file browser until I looked again at
the programme name and realised that the system had concluded that it was a
file to be hidden.

On 10 September 2010 06:15, Thomas Edward Groves <teg451013 at freeuk.com>wrote:

> Talking of things starting with - I've had a slightly similar bit of fun
> with an
> application called pdfimage
> This takes a pdf and extracts all the images into separate files:
> numbered off with leading minus signs.
> Ever tried doing anything with a file like that?
> I wound up writing a C program to use the rename function just to get at
> the
> damn things.
>
> Still, beats watching TV.
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Morris <jwm.art.net at gmail.com>
> To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics <kent at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 10:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] My PFY
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> On 9 September 2010 13:49, Adam Buckland <Adam.Buckland at eurohill.com>
> wrote:
> > Remember many moons ago someone created a file –r * in the root directory
> of
> > a server… removed it by specifying the inode
>
> alternatively: rm ./-\ \*
>
>
> > From: kent-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > [mailto:kent-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of David Halliday
> > Sent: 09 September 2010 13:14
> > To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics
> > Subject: Re: [Klug-general] My PFY
> >
> >
> >
> > The same reason you would want to go to your box and run (as root):
> >
> > rm -rf /
> >
> >
> >
> > Or any other command that someone tells you you could try without doing a
> > quick bit or research.
> >
> > On 9 September 2010 13:10, Martin A. Brooks <martin at antibodymx.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, September 9, 2010 12:53, Adam Buckland wrote:
> >> Try kill -9 -1 then as root!
> >>
> >
> > Umm, why would I do that?
> >
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