Re: How to escape this for the bash shell...

[Mark Wagnon <mwagnon1@home.com>]

Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> I have a file named :
> 
> ?????[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~
> 
> ... in my home directory.
> 

have you tried 'rm ./FILE'? There are several ways to delete
files with weird filenames.

There was a thread on it last month. Take a look at:

 
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9907/msg00289.html

and follow that thread. BTW, it's entitled "Remove funny files"

hth
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