How to access directory with non-ascii, \n character in dir name

I have some data saved in a directory which has a non-ascii character in the name, how can I access the data within?

The directory appears as:

w0p6_t[[0.53.5]?[1.71.2]]

But escaping the special characters using \ before them does not work, nor does surrounding the directory name with quotes as suggested here.

I believe this "?" is a new line character (ascii \012) as ls -lb returns:

w0p7_t[[0.53.5]\n[1.71.2]]

I can see the contents of the directory using the tree command, which shows the directory as:

w0p6_t[[0.53.5]\012[1.71.2]]

along with all of its content.

I have also tried:

cd "w0p7_t[[0.53.5]\n[1.71.2]]"
cd "w0p7_t[[0.53.5]\012[1.71.2]]"

and

cd w1p0_t\[\[0.53.5]\\012\[1.71.2\]\]
cd w1p0_t\[\[0.53.5]\\n\[1.71.2\]\]

with no success.

Also, attempting to auto-complete the command using Tab does not prompt suggestions for this directory.

Solution 1:

Here are a couple of ways (there are likely more)

an unquoted ? will match any single character - including the newline character. So for example
```
cd w0p6_t\[\[0.53.5\]?\[1.71.2\]\]
```
or
```
cd 'w0p6_t[[0.53.5]'?'[1.71.2]]'
```
you could use bash $'string' ANSI escaping to expand a \n sequence
```
cd $'w0p6_t[[0.53.5]\n[1.71.2]]'
```