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by dataflow 1522 days ago
I'm aware, but it nevertheless doesn't make any sense to have it in a file name.
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I'm just saying that it makes exactly as much sense as ctrl-E or any other control char, it has no special status.
There are quite a few ASCII control characters [1] that could make more sense than EOT, e.g., \t, \n, \e, etc.

But yes, EOT is not the only nonsensical character that you could put in a file name, and I never claimed such.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_character#In_ASCII