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Re: arabic windows filename



--- Mohamed Aser <mohasr at link dot net> wrote:
> بسÙ? اÙ?Ù?Ù? اÙ?رحÙ?Ù? اÙ?رحÙSÙ?
> أردت Ø£Ù? أعرÙ? عÙ?ا اذا ÙfاÙ? Ù?Ù?اÙ?Ùf طرÙSÙ,Ø©
> تÙ?ÙfÙ?Ù?ا Ù?Ù? Ù,راءة أسÙ?اء اÙ?Ù?Ù?Ù?ات اÙ?عربÙSØ©
> اÙ?Ù?Ù^جÙ^دÙ? عÙ?Ù? اÙ,ساÙ? اÙ?Ù^ÙSÙ?دÙ^ز
> Ù?Ù?ÙS تظÙ?ر Ù?ÙS عÙ?Ù? Ø´ÙfÙ? عÙ?اÙ?ات استÙ?Ù?اÙ?

You need to be using mlterm (in order to see the Arabic characters
correctly, shapped and bidi'fied).  I also do 'ls -N' (otherwise a
simple 'ls' shows question marks as you note).

BTW: my ls is part of "GNU fileutils 3.12"

Hope that helps; salam.

 - Nadim


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