How would I read a unix file with parentheses in the filename

For Example:
ct /tmp filename(date).txt

It likes to think anything after ( is options

On 19 Aug, 19:48, Specific <domp... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Try preceding both ( and ) with \
A backslash means "the following character is to be taken literally"
in Unix convention.
The CHANGE() function of Databasic is useful to do that automatically.

MikeYates wrote:

Or (not 100% sure with CT = "COPY" to terminal") put the ID in double
quotes because this is an "TCL-II" verb.
Or use list-item /tmp 'filename(date).txt' with single quotes, or with
any other "access-class" verb.

Real solution ... don't put alphanumerics like that in filenames if
you can avoid it.

HTH
T

I'd try
ct /tmp "filename(date).txt"

--
frosty


"Specific" <dompier (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

On Aug 19, 3:47*pm, "frosty" <fros... (AT) bogus (DOT) invalid> wrote:
I think ct checks deliminates by ( so I'll have to try the list-item
method

output of \( and in quotes is filename(T not on file.

On Aug 19, 3:51*pm, Specific <domp... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
list-item worked great, however, what if I want to delete an item with
(?
I think delete would have the same problem as CT

On Aug 20, 4:48*am, Specific <domp... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
ct /tmp "filename(date).txt"

On 19/08/2010 22:58, Specific wrote:
Try something like:

SELECT /tmp WITH *A0 = "[(]"
DELETE /tmp

Note you may want to refine that selection a little - that will (should)
select any item with an open parenthesis anywhere in the item-id.

I'm also going on memory for the dictionary item to use (*A0). In
Information flavours, I would now use @ID but I don't think the pure
PICK flavours have that.

Cheers,

Brian

Top-post follow-up to Brian's note. It seems you're using D3 so:

SELECT /tmp = "[whatever]"

We don't need *A0 for a simple query like that. And it's correct that
D3 doesn't support @ID by default, however, given a couple minutes to
play with it I believe it's easily doable.

You can also simply do the rm operation from TCL to shell out and
execute the host OS command:

!rm /tmp/filename_with_(funky?)_characters

If this is a one-shot then make use of the transparency between D3 and
the OS using "!", or with OSFI /tmp references as you're doing.

If you're doing a lot of these (for anyone reading this) then it's
inefficient to shell out for a lot of operations, and better to ! to a
single command that uses grep, pipe, and rm, all in a single command.

HTH


Brian Speirs wrote:

On Aug 20, 3:50*am, Tony Gravagno <nos... (AT) nospam (DOT) invalid> wrote:
I have been using !rm, but I wonder if the aql method would be more
efficient.