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Adhal

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Sep 14, 2008, 7:57:50 AM9/14/08
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When downloading it sometimes replaces characters with what I think is Hexadecimal representation
(Not 100% sure). So instead of space " " it replaces it with %20; "[" with %5B etc. Is there a
program to rename the file names correctly.

One other question, a long shot but here goes. I would like a link to a list unicode character
order, by that I mean alphabetical listing for all Unicode characters; from A-Z to foreign letters.
Thanks


Thanks

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David McRitchie

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Sep 14, 2008, 10:20:41 AM9/14/08
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"Adhal" wrote...

> When downloading it sometimes replaces characters with what I think is Hexadecimal representation
> (Not 100% sure). So instead of space " " it replaces it with %20; "[" with %5B etc. Is there a
> program to rename the file names correctly.

Can't answer part 2 of question. Part 1 is a bit ambiguous about what is meant by downloading.
and even if exporting is still ambiguous.

Web pages should not have certain characters in their link urls such as
spaces (%20), colons (%3A)
you will also see slashes (%2F), # (%23), and others such as you list.
It is okay to include the hex representation though.

You will notice when you do a Google Search that your spaces between
arguments get substituted by plus signs in the generated url.

As far as changing what you see, you would have to indicate where you see it,
and want it changed. Like in an Excel spreadsheet or what.



EE

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Sep 14, 2008, 3:05:34 PM9/14/08
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Adhal wrote:
> When downloading it sometimes replaces characters with what I think is
> Hexadecimal representation (Not 100% sure). So instead of space " " it
> replaces it with %20; "[" with %5B etc. Is there a program to rename the
> file names correctly.
>
> One other question, a long shot but here goes. I would like a link to a
> list unicode character order, by that I mean alphabetical listing for
> all Unicode characters; from A-Z to foreign letters. Thanks
>
>
> Thanks
>
If you look at an ASCII code table, you should be able to find what
those codes represent. For instance, %20 is space, %5B is opening
bracket, %5D is closing bracket.

Ralph Fox

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Sep 15, 2008, 6:13:16 AM9/15/08
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:57:50 +0100, in message <EaednVf_vf6jYVHV...@mozilla.org>,
Adhal wrote:

> One other question, a long shot but here goes. I would like a link to a list unicode character
> order, by that I mean alphabetical listing for all Unicode characters; from A-Z to foreign letters.
> Thanks


Look here: http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/NamesList.txt

For a description of the format and contents of NamesList.txt,
see the page http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/NamesList.html


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Cheers,
Ralph

Geoffrey Hyde

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Sep 15, 2008, 9:05:35 AM9/15/08
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"Adhal" <us...@example.net> wrote in message
news:EaednVf_vf6jYVHV...@mozilla.org...

> When downloading it sometimes replaces characters with what I think is
> Hexadecimal representation (Not 100% sure). So instead of space " " it
> replaces it with %20; "[" with %5B etc. Is there a program to rename the
> file names correctly.
>
> One other question, a long shot but here goes. I would like a link to a
> list unicode character order, by that I mean alphabetical listing for all
> Unicode characters; from A-Z to foreign letters. Thanks

http://spamlinks.net/track-trace-decode.htm

The above link has a few sites or programs which will deobfuscate encoded
URL's amongst other things commonly found in spam and other websites. Visit
at own risk, these have not been tested by me to see if they work. Not sure
if any of them would decode the file names, but it would certainly turn it
into plaintext instead of gibberish.


Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde


Adhal

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Sep 16, 2008, 8:32:17 AM9/16/08
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Yeah I know. I would rather have a program do it for me.. sloth. :/

lol

Adhal

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Sep 16, 2008, 8:34:52 AM9/16/08
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Thanks for that. After posting I found a page by luck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Unicode/Character_reference/0000-0FFF etc.

Adhal

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Sep 16, 2008, 8:36:52 AM9/16/08
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Filename on the file system. :/
I think it is caused by the downloader I am using. Not 100% sure. Oh well I can live with it I suppose.

Adhal

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Sep 16, 2008, 8:38:29 AM9/16/08
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Thx for that. Not what I wanted as the links are not scrambled. They are just have hex
representation downloaded files.

Yeebok Shu'in

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Sep 17, 2008, 3:10:59 AM9/17/08
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Adhal wrote:
> When downloading it sometimes replaces characters with what I think is
> Hexadecimal representation (Not 100% sure). So instead of space " " it
> replaces it with %20; "[" with %5B etc. Is there a program to rename the
> file names correctly.
>
> One other question, a long shot but here goes. I would like a link to a
> list unicode character order, by that I mean alphabetical listing for
> all Unicode characters; from A-Z to foreign letters. Thanks
>
>
> Thanks
>
Can you point us to a link to the page with the file, and the file name
you get for the download ? A specific example will assist those who're
able to help.
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