Removing all non-alphanumeric characters

Can anyone tell me where I can find a list of all "illegal" non-alphanumerci characters that I am not to use in any of file names. It was brought to my attention that bullets can really mess my system up.
Some of my font folders have TM's (trademark) and some have "_" (underscores). What's the deal with those? Are they allowed? What about asteriks?
I've got lots of questions about this so if anyone can shed some light, I'd appreciate it! Thanks

OS X proscribed chars (from Help)
"You cannot include a colon (:) in a filename or start a filename with a period (.). Some applications may not allow you to use a slash (/) in a filename."
.Mac is more restrictive, as are some other operating systems.

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hi
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Or in 9i,
Something like this ->
satyaki>
satyaki>with vat
2 as
3    (
4      select 'sd3456' cola from dual
5      union all
6      select 'gfg87s989' from dual
7      union all
8      select '45/45fgfg' from dual
9      union all
10      select '4354-df4456' from dual
11    )
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13 from vat;
RES
3456
87989
4545
43544456
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
satyaki>
{code}
I checked this with minimum test cases. It will be better if you checked it with other cases.
Regards.
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Hello, fellow archers.
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Last edited by skoftoby (2015-01-21 18:31:26)

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
skoftoby wrote:I'd like to request this topic be marked as solved either way.
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Hi All,
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SK
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