Odd characters in filename

[Parv]

in message <200406040941.i549fdv15239 at thunder.trej.net>,
wrote Joachim Dagerot thusly...
>
> I unpacked a rar file and find myself standing with a lot of files
> with strange characters like accents etc.
> 
> When I do tab for completion the characters 'escapes' to for example
> "\264" (backward slash).

Bourne shell: sanename.sh ...

  http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/sh/sanename.sh


Perl: sanename, File::Name::Sanitize wrapper (requires knowledge of
modules installation due to lack of makefiles; path adjustment may
be needed in "use lib q/path/" directive) ...

  http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/dist/sanename-1.01.tgz
  http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/dist/Parv-Util-1.00.tgz

  Some documentation:
    http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/sanename.pod
    http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/modules/File/Name/Sanitize.pm.pod
    http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/modules/Parv/Util/Compile.pm.pod


See also...

  http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/modules/Parv/
  http://www103.pair.com/parv/comp/src/perl/modules/File/Name/Sanitize.pm

  http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=303814
  http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=277174

  http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22file+name%22+unusal+OR+weird+characters+group%3Acomp.unix.*
  http://groups.google.com/groups?q=rename+unusal+OR+weird+characters+group%3Acomp.unix.*


 - Parv

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