I have been backing up my folders, I am using Seagate Expansion portable Drive. I had created a folder called "|o|o" in the root folder of the portable drive... I copied my latest folders into "|o|o" folder to re-install ubuntu.
When I open the portable drive the folder |o|o is not visible, when I ctrl+a and check properties the space used is 122GB, however when I click on the drive to view properties of the drive used space is 260GB. It looks as if the folder is there in the portable drive but I cannot access it... I have tried to view all the hidden files and "|o|o" is still not there. I am using 12.04.Can you please help me to retrieve this folder.
cdto the disc and usefind . -name {file_name} -printto search for it from that directory. – Rinzwind Nov 20 '12 at 14:16|isn't a restricted character. Only/and\0are. It's quite easy to use pipes in filenames, especially if you're using a GUI instead of the command line. – Scott Severance Nov 21 '12 at 4:42mkdir |o|oin command line. Won't work because of the use of a special character. | is for piping commands. Hence I was wondering if it might be related. Well from another standpoint: I myself would -never- -ever- consider to use a | in a filename ;) – Rinzwind Nov 21 '12 at 5:49mkdir \|o\|oworks just fine. Try it. Of course, files with such names can be inconvenient to use with some command line tools, but my personal philosophy is to use any character that enhances a file name's human readability without regard to command line tools (except when I'm programming) and let the tools cope with the names. After many years of such a philosophy, I've yet to experience a significant problem. The name currently under discussion wouldn't fit my philosophy, however, as its meaning is rather opaque. – Scott Severance Nov 21 '12 at 13:08