find cannot find files with invalid utf8 filename

[cyclez]

find simply doesn't show them as search results. Is there a simple method to convert whole folders with invalid unicode encoded filenames to something valid ?

thanks.

[thangpres]

me too ,somebody help me plz ^_^

[tashirosgt]

ls -labR | grep '\\'
finds those with unprintable characters in their names. Is that what is meant by an invalid utf8 code? If so then try
find / | grep '\\'

I don't know any command line way to quickly give all the files in a directory a printable name.

[cyclez]

ls -labR
escapes all 'special' characters and not only the ones that are invalid. nautilus shows these invalid unicode filenames with a "?" instead of the character and a (invalid unicode) comment at the end of the filename.

[mpolo]

I have used the program convmv to do this. You can grab a tarball at http://j3e.de/linux/convmv/ and read the manual without downloading the tarball at http://j3e.de/linux/convmv/man/ . It's a Perlscript, so you will need perl installed -- but I think just about any Fedora installation will have that.

[redhat71]

fyi, if you prefer rpm like i do, just "yum install convmv", it's in extra