I need to do create a file with a filename such as :>?, is this possible somehow? Windows stops it.
How to go about creating a filename with invalid characters such as :?>
filenames
Related Solutions
Try
find . -type f -exec rm {} \;
Have you tried deleting the parent directory?
The only way to be certain what characters are hidden in a filename is to examine the volume table of contents (TOC) in a hex editor. Any given font you use to view a filename might be missing or have duplicates of a given character. For example, of the two files below that appear to be unins batt.png, one has a space and the other a non-breaking space in the name.
In a hex editor, the difference is obvious: 0x00FF2000 as opposed to 0x00F5A000.
Best Answer
Unfortunately, you cannot use the reserved characters when creating folders or files due to them being part of system functions.
What I recommend you do is look through the
Character Mapapplication - You can go to run and typecharmap.from here, you may be able to find alternate symbols that look the same, for example:
(copy and paste these, you will see that they are different)
Instead of forward slash
/- you can use a division symbol∕Instead of Colon
:- you can use the modifier letter colon꞉and so on!