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> I did not know it was possible to have a new line character in a file
> name.  At least I do not think it is possible in DOS or MS Windows.  Is
> it possible to have a new line character in a file name in Gnu Linux /
> Unix?

Sure: anything but \0 and / is allowed.
Newline chars in file names are great to exploit some security holes.
Typically when a cron script does `find /tmp | blabla'.


        Stefan