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Using the command shell interface, Im trying to access some Mac files (that have strange names) but I can ; the program returns an error and I can access the file. Whats going on?

April 26, 2017Command files interface Mac names program Shell Strange

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Using the command shell interface, Im trying to access some Mac files (that have strange names) but I can ; the program returns an error and I can access the file. Whats going on?

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The problem is that sh and csh don’t understand the Mac “special” characters that are in the filenames. They don’t expect filenames with characters that are represented by 8-bits. ksh is “8-bit clean” and thus would be able to access the file.