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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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