Comment 107 for bug 510018

This is just a workaround how to repair filenames with invalid characters using mc (midnight commander):

When you are in a directory, select "encoding" from the menu and switch to the suggested encoding (or try until you get propper file names).

Now you will find the encoding at the end of the current path as if it was a subfolder. And indeed: If you select (INS) all damaged file names, press F6 ("move") and enter ".." (directory up), all selected files will be renamed according to the system encoding!

It took quite a while until I found out, manual renaming was so much more tireing. Maybe somebody finds the time to look into the code of mc...