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> myuser@mysytem:~/path-name-of-unicode-files$ rename -n 's/\x{202A}//' *
>
> I get no output although x{202A} is definitely the first char in the filename.
> This definitely needs more than a cursory view into perl - exactly what I
> wanted to avoid.
> Maybe I better post in a perl mailinglist. Only I'm afraid that I'll get
> nothing but RTFM! and "do your own homework!" - they maybe right ...
Sorry to hear my suggestion about tr didn't help you.
Try this:
ls *file.ext | hd
to be sure you know what characters are in the filename, then
prename -n 's/\x20\x2A//' *file.ext
or what ever the characters turn out to be
Mike
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