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Using special characters in file names

Posted: 22 Jun 2025, 13:41
by 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}"

Re: Using special characters in file names

Posted: 22 Jun 2025, 16:58
by rednoah
:arrow: -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.

Re: Using special characters in file names

Posted: 22 Jun 2025, 18:22
by brijazz
Thanks for the solution AND the warning. I'll stick with the humble hyphen as my separator!