You Asked: How Do I Remove Special Characters in Unix?

How do I remove special characters in Linux?

Remove files with names containing strange characters such as spaces, semicolons, and backslashes in Unix

1. Try the regular rm command and enclose your troublesome filename in quotes. …
2. You can also try renaming the problem file, using quotes around your original filename, by entering: mv “filename;#” new_filename.

18 июн. 2019 г.

How do I remove special characters from a string?

Example of removing special characters using replaceAll() method

1. public class RemoveSpecialCharacterExample1.
2. {
3. public static void main(String args[])
4. {
5. String str= “This#string%contains^special*characters&.”;
6. str = str.replaceAll(“[^a-zA-Z0-9]”, ” “);
7. System.out.println(str);
8. }