[Li|U]nix: “other” characters in file names
Self-tutoring about Unix: the tutor mentions accessing a file name that has non-word characters.
Sometimes you’ll look in a directory and you might see a file name such as
this(file).txt
Yet, if you try to refer to that file in a command, you might be told that the ( is an unexpected character.
However, you can refer to it using
this\(file\).txt
At least, that seems to work for me.
Source:
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
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