> 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 I just learnt something useful, thank you :-) >> evince for example allows ftp://host/file so it clearly cares about : >> in the filename before any slash. I had no idea evince can ftp till just now either.. >> That's why using ./ in front works. I just tried it and yes it works but I do not yet fully understand the reason why it does work? Further clarification would be most welcome ? >> Otherwise you have to escape the : with a \ or perhaps even two of them depending who strips it. Tried all possible escape sequence but zilch. No cigar :-( And this is a bug that was documented way back in 2015 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248086 Thank you Lennart - Aruna
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