Re: Odd character in directory name

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Author: JD
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Odd character in directory name
Charlie Bullen wrote:

> Hello, Loged in as root, I do a listing of a directory that contains
> several sub directories and get a result like this:
>
> drwx------    5 rweissne rweissne     4096 Apr 12 10:00 ;registrations

>
> Notice that the directory name starts with the character ;
>
> I then try to enter the directory with:
>
> cd ;registrations
>
> I get the following:
>
> bash: registrations: command not found
>
> What does the ; character do? It seems to me that after the ; the rest
> of the directory name, registrations, is seen as a command.
>
> Any ideas how I can enter this directory
>
> Charlie
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Try
cd \;registrations
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