I need to open a file with filename that contains forward slashes. I am wondering how I can do that. I have been searching through Google and I can't seem to find a way.
Thanks
2 Answers
Turning my comment into a bit of a possibly useful answer. Try renaming the file.
ls -i
Will give you the inode number of the file. You can then use a combination of find and mv to rename the file as follows:
find . -inum "inode-number-from-ls -i" -exec mv {} "newfilename" \;
Give the file a "normal" new file name and you're good to go.
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1Why on Earth is this going to work? If
findcan pass a valid name tomv, then it's not a problem for a user to do the same. Apr 18, 2017 at 22:55 -
Because the name that find passes will be correctly encoded, unlike what the user would type on the terminal.– SBIApr 19, 2017 at 8:24
It must be a Windows file. You have several ways to solve this:
- Wrap the name with quotes:
vi "file/name". - Use tab to complete the name. It will give you the proper way to write it.
- Find a pattern and use
*. If the name of the file isfile/name, you can dovi fil*and this will be opened (together with others that can have same pattern).
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The filesystem calls will interpret
/as the directory separator regardless of how it's specified on the command line. Jun 4, 2013 at 22:35 -
1Yes, I see. Nevertheless, the fabulous tab can provide a way to escape it, doesn't it?– fedorquiJun 4, 2013 at 22:37
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1I tried all three methods unfortunately none worked. I am wondering if I can somehow rename the entire file on a program using java or something that isn't as aware of the encoding.– GnatorJun 4, 2013 at 23:11
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Unfortunately it didn't work also. I suspect moving the file around corrupts the file because it is a zip file originally.– GnatorJun 4, 2013 at 23:34
namei. It treats a few values special, one of them is ASCII0x2f(/). One could use an encoding (encodings are only relevant for user level programs, not kernel functions) which translates/to another value than0x2f.