Mark Stapleton wrote:

> Well, there's part of the problem there. '*' is an invalid character for
> a filename in any UNIX system I've ever heard of. Such filenames appear
> from time to time when using misconfigured moves and copies.
>
> Get the box's owner to rename the files so that the '*' doesn't appear
> anymore. Such as:
>
>         mv my?file.txt my_file.txt

I'm afraid that it will be quite difficult
to rename the files since they no longer
exist.

Kind regards,

Alexander

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Alexander Verkooijen        (alexander AT sara DOT nl)
Senior Systems Programmer
SARA High Performance Computing