Corrupted Files Can't Be Deleted or Renamed

Hi everyone,

I have about 28 MP3 files that somehow have corrupted file names. I have been unable to rename them to something not corrupt and have also been unable to delete them. I can move their containing folder to the trash, but then cannot delete them.

The "special character" that's showing up is displayed as ␀in the filename. The original filenames did not have any special characters in them. For instance, one of the files was Deep Purple - Woman from T.mp3 But now it's Deep Purple ␀-Woman from T.mp3

I'd like to say I've tried everything, but I'm sure someone has a great idea for me that I haven't tried. Here's what I've done so far.

• Rename via Finder - receive error that I should Try using a name with fewer characters, or with no punctuation marks. I simply called the file "file.mp3"
• Rename via Terminal - receive error Invalid Argument. I did this dragging the file to the terminal to get the directory correct. I also tried typing the file name with quotes on either side of it.
• Delete the file via Finder - receive the error The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -50).
• Delete the file via Terminal using srm command - received the Invalid argument error
• Delete the containing folder via both the Finder and Terminal and received the same above errors, even with the folder in the Trash

None of the files/folders are locked and I have full admin privileges. I've rebooted, logged off and on, deleted the finder permission file, repaired permissions and checked the disk via the disk utility. I also tried deleting the files and renaming them via another Mac, and via Windows 7 in a Parallels virtual machine.

I'm running 10.11.1 on a 27inch Mid 2011 iMac.

I'm soooo hoping someone has another idea on how I can delete or rename these stupid files. I'm at a loss for now :-(

Thanks in advance!