Re: "\" in ifs file name

[MWHopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm not that familiar with the Unix 
commands so I initially couldn't find that to rename a file you use the 
move command...

This syntax worked in Qshell:

mv "\1file1.txt" 1file1.txt

The CL command REN wouldn't work, along with anything I did in Windows 
Explorer.

Matt Hopkins 
Sr. Programmer/Analyst 
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Email: MWHopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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----- Message from Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> on Tue, 15 May 2007 
08:21:07 -0600 -----
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Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Re: "\" in ifs file name
You may want to use the commands available in QShell to do this if you 
haven't already tried.

How have you tried to rename the files?

Pete Helgren


----- Message from AGlauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx on Tue, 15 May 2007 10:33:54 
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Re: "\" in ifs file name

In QShell commands, you can 'escape' special characters by using a '\'. 
So, in your case, the command would be

===> mv /ftpgpl/ftp/in/\\4file2.txt /ftpgpl/ftp/in/<new file name> 

where <new file name> might be '4file2.txt' or 'file2.txt'.

Hope this helps,
Adam



----- Message from Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> on Tue, 15 May 2007 09:34:31 
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Re: "\" in ifs file name
Have you tried through a Windows file share or through FTP?