on 2/20/2008 3:14 PM Mufit Eribol spake the following: > Michael A. Peters wrote: >> Mufit Eribol wrote: >>> Sorry bugging you for this simple command. >>> >>> ls command displays question marks for the local characters (ones not >>> included in 8859-1 space) in filenames. >>> >>> ie. >>> [root at server aa]# touch �arp >>> [root at server aa]# ls >>> ??arp >>> [root at server aa]# ls -b #for octal escapes >>> \303\247arp >>> [root at server aa]# >>> >>> However, ls|less, ls|more or vi <directory name> all display filename >>> correctly. Also, the <tab> completes such filenames in the correct >>> way. Even, logsave command for the ls output prints the right >>> characters. >>> >>> So, I assume the filesystem keeps the filenames in UTF-8 encoding, >>> but somehow ls can not show them properly. >>> >>> Any workaround or a replacement for ls? BTW The system is Centos 5.1 >>> and locale shows the encoding as UTF-8. >>> >>> Thank you. >> >> Works for me. >> >> [mpeters at jerusalem tmp]$ touch �arp >> [mpeters at jerusalem tmp]$ ls >> �arp >> [mpeters at jerusalem tmp]$ echo $LANG >> en_US.UTF-8 >> [mpeters at jerusalem tmp]$ >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Interesting! Perhaps it is a quirk of ssh using PuTTY. I haven't tried > it on the monitor connected. Did you try in on the monitor and CLI (no > X, no Gnome etc)? Remember that putty defaults to an iso character set unless you change the defaults. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080220/d62d6ccf/attachment-0004.sig>