And if tab-completion can't grab it yet, try something like this pseudo code in C or perl: int i=1 for each $folder in $currentworkingdir{ rename $folder $i i++ } I think that will grab them without ever knowing their original names, and rename the folders to 1,2,3,4, etc. Elvedin Trnjanin wrote: > Open up command line (terminal) and change directory to where that > directory or file is located. Type in "mv 2006***press tab button > here*** newname" where ***press tab button here*** means you actually > press the tab button (once or twice) for tab name completion. > > Jordan Peacock wrote: >> I'm not 100% sure how this folder arrived on my doorstep, but I'm >> having some problems with it. As you can see in the screenshot, the >> name is pretty bizarre, and once I click on the folder (i know it's >> supposed to be a folder) it disappears. Attempting to move it or >> rename it using the command line have failed so far. >> >> Any ideas? There are files inside that folder that I need. >> >> Thank you >> >> -- >> Jordan Peacock >> hewhocutsdown at gmail.com <mailto:hewhocutsdown at gmail.com> >> hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com <http://hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list