Shell

In this page will refer as shell to the device that allows to communicate with the system, including terminal, shells and control characters (think about Ctrl-v in the shell).

Normally in the interaction with a client you have to take into account

  • the terminal
  • the shell
  • the application

so, if we want to rename a file named -|^C to foo you have to issue the following keys sequence

m v Space . / - \ | Ctrl-V Ctrl-C Space f o o Return

into the terminal.

Take into account also the path separator and the syntax behind it.

Console&TTY

An useful diagram from here