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On 11/24/14, 11:07 AM, "Nissim Kaufmann" <nissimkaufm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hello,I have some files with strange Unicode characters in their names
>that I am trying to remove.But list.files() does not return their names
>faithfully so that I can deal with them.
>> list.files()[1] "? text.txt" <--- here you should see
>>a question mark, a space, then text.txt> file.exists("? text.txt")
>><----by copying and pasting the output from above[1] FALSE>
>>file.exists('▶ text.txt') <--- here you should see a black triangle,
>>what looks like a space, and text.txt[1] TRUE
>Documentation for file.exists() and file.access() do not seem to discuss
>this.
>The file name has these Unicode characters:BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE
>WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR U+23EF BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH DOUBLE
>VERTICAL BAR ⏯BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE U+25B6 BLACK RIGHT-POINTING
>TRIANGLE ▶
>Thank you!CheersNissim KaufmannNSOL.altervista.org
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