A number of our uniVerse files have the \ symbol in the file names. Problem
is, at unix level, these \ fellows are usually treated as 'escape'
characters and ignored or removed when you try to reference them. Eg: echo
"hello\there" displays "hellothere".
Does anyone know how to ensure that the unix shell treats these as literal
text? Note that {}, quotes, and double-quotes don't seem to work.
To elaborate (you can ignore this if you like)...
Cutdown example of what I'm trying to do (ksh):
$ ls TRAN*
TRAN.EXT-14320S1??\4-DF
TRAN.EXT-14320S1??\5-DF
(note the '\' in the file names)
$ find TRAN* -print | while read file
do
ls -l $file"
done
TRAN.EXT-14320S1??4-DF not found
Note: The 'find' produces the correct names, but subsequent unix commands
missinterpret the meaning. Because the '\' is stripped, the ls command
tries to list D_TRAN.EXT-14320S1??4-DF instead of TRAN.EXT-14320S1??\4-DF,
and of course the file is not found.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
LeRoi
LeRoi Keiller
Technical Support Consultant
Ultradata - Vision to Reality
+61 3 9291 1700
www.ultradata.com.au
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