#How do i CD into directories beginning with special characters?

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inland wolf
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i need to cd into these directories (a graphical environment is not available) but im not sure how to type them? is there any way to go to a directory based on its index?

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keen badge
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or try if tab completing can complete it automatically

inland wolf
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tab doesnt do anything, but i cannot copy and paste?

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ctrl+c and ctrl+v doesnt do anything

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and i cannot select text with my mouse

keen badge
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ctrl+shift+c ctrl+shift+v usually

inland wolf
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because i have no mouse

keen badge
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depending on your terminal

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inland wolf
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there is no graphical environment

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no DE

keen badge
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well, you took a screenshot so I assumed there is :p

inland wolf
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its elgato

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keen badge
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it's some server/ssh?

inland wolf
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its a NAS

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i need to copy some files to my host with scp

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but i need the file names

keen badge
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do you have a Chinese keyboard layout?

inland wolf
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its dell

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i dont think it was made in china

keen badge
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hmm, not sure what you're trying to do but you should be able to copy over everything in the directory (all 4 files)

inland wolf
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well its 53GB unfortunately

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i could do that i guess

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thanks for the help

keen badge
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like cp * ...

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you can wait if someone has an actual solution

inland wolf
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well im not at my laptop so i cant copy the files just yet

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ill wait