Re: How to escape this for the bash shell...
On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 01:22:17AM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
> I have a file named :
>
> ?????[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~
>
> ... in my home directory.
>
> I am wondering how to escape this properly for rm to work on it in
> bash.
>
> Someone suggested using Midnight Commander, but it doesn't even list
> it as showing up in the directory, so it obviously doesn't know what to
> do with it either!
>
Hi,
rm 'your_file_name'
mc doesn't list this file because it last char is ~ and mc interprets this
files as backup. You can set in mc
Options->Configuration...->show Backup files
to see files *~ and
Options->Configuration...->show Hidden files
to see files .*
Mirek
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