How Do I Delete Special Characters in Unix?
Contents How Do I Remove Special Characters in Linux? Remove Files with Names Containing Strange Characters Such as Spaces, Semicolons, and Backslashes in Unix...
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How do I remove special characters in Linux?
Remove files with names containing strange characters such as spaces, semicolons, and backslashes in Unix
- Try the regular rm command and enclose your troublesome filename in quotes. …
- You can also try renaming the problem file, using quotes around your original filename, by entering: mv “filename;#” new_filename.
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How do I delete all special characters?
Example of removing special characters using replaceAll() method
- public class RemoveSpecialCharacterExample1.
- {
- public static void main(String args[])
- {
- String str= “This#string%contains^special*characters&.”;
- str = str.replaceAll(“[^a-zA-Z0-9]”, ” “);
- System.out.println(str);
- }
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