On Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:50:59 -0800
Ron via linux <[email protected]> wrote:

> Today I learned that "*" is *not* a restricted character in file
> names.

There are only *two* characters that cannot appear in a filename:

"/" because it separates path components, and
"\0" (nul) because it's used as a string terminator in C.

Anything else is allowed.

Regards,

Dianne.

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