find and delete files with non-ascii names

Question

I have some old migrated files that contain non-printable characters. I would like to find all files with such names and delete them completely from the system.

Exam

Answer 1

Based on this answer, try:

LC_ALL=C find . -regex '.*[^ -~].*' -print # -delete

or:

LC_ALL=C find . -type f -regex '*[^[:alnum:][:punct:]]*' -print # -delete

^{Note: After files are printed right, remove the # character.}

See also: How do I grep for all non-ASCII characters.