Find filenames containing non-ASCII characters

[Charles Dye]

Printable ASCII characters which are allowed in filenames range from the space through the tilde. To find, say, all filenames in "C:\Program Files" which contain non-ASCII characters:

ffind /a /s "c:\Program Files\*[! -~]*"

(Technically, DEL is also allowed in filenames. But no one in his right mind would ever do that, right?)

 

[Jay Sage]

So, we're all waiting to hear: Did you find any?

I tried your command, and it did not find any.

 

[Charles Dye]

So, we're all waiting to hear: Did you find any?

Seven filenames with an ellipsis, and one with an em dash.

... And who would do such things? Oh yeah, Microsoft.

 

[Joe Caverly]

Imagine if someone used an emoji in a filename...

Ref: Rename file that begins with Emoji

Joe