Using special characters in file names

[brijazz]

How can I go about escaping the pipe character so that I can use it in my filename? I'd like to rename my files as such, with the pipe as a separator:

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filebot -rename "$1" --db TheMovieDB -non-strict --format "{n} | {y}"

[rednoah]

-unixfs will disable file path validation. Please read Target Unix Filesystem for details.

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-unixfs

That said, I would strongly discourage you from using | ' " \ ␤ etc in a file path. IMHO, you're just asking for unexpected issues down the line.

[brijazz]

Thanks for the solution AND the warning. I'll stick with the humble hyphen as my separator!