On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 08:18:34PM -0500, Aruna Hewapathirane via talk wrote: > Why not simply rename the file to something.pdf ? > > I just tested and the command(s) below works: > mv 'RE: something.pdf' something.pdf && evince something.pdf && mv > something.pdf 'RE: something.pdf' > > unless of course there is a real need to have it work using evince "RE: > someting.pdf"?
: is special in filenames if it is before the first directory separator for many programs since it might be host:filepath evince for example allows ftp://host/file so it clearly cares about : in the filename before any slash. That's why using ./ in front works. Otherwise you have to escape the : with a \ or perhaps even two of them depending who strips it. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
