How to solve the problem of garbled file names in the Linux system?
In Linux systems, file name garbling issues are usually caused by mismatched character encoding or a lack of corresponding character sets. To solve this problem, you can try the following methods:
- Check the character encoding settings of the system: You can use the locale command to view the current system’s character encoding settings. Make sure the system’s character encoding matches the encoding of the file names. You can use the locale-gen command to generate the corresponding character set.
- Change the character encoding of the terminal: If the file names displayed in the terminal are garbled, you can try changing the character encoding settings of the terminal. You can find the character encoding settings in the terminal’s settings options and choose a character set that matches the file name encoding.
- Change the encoding of the file name: If the encoding of the file name is different from the system or terminal character encoding, you can try changing the encoding of the file name. You can use the convmv command to change the encoding of the file name, for example convmv -r -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 /path/to/files will convert the file names under the specified path from ISO-8859-1 encoding to UTF-8 encoding.
- Use a specific file manager: Some file managers may handle file name encoding issues correctly. You can try using a different file manager to see if the file names display correctly.
It is advisable to back up files before changing file name encoding in case of data loss or damage.