8 Jan
2021
8 Jan
'21
6:07 a.m.
On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 08:18:34PM -0500, Aruna Hewapathirane via talk wrote:
Why not simply rename the file to something.pdf ?
I just tested and the command(s) below works: mv 'RE: something.pdf' something.pdf && evince something.pdf && mv something.pdf 'RE: something.pdf'
unless of course there is a real need to have it work using evince "RE: someting.pdf"?
: is special in filenames if it is before the first directory separator for many programs since it might be host:filepath evince for example allows ftp://host/file so it clearly cares about : in the filename before any slash. That's why using ./ in front works. Otherwise you have to escape the : with a \ or perhaps even two of them depending who strips it. -- Len Sorensen