Re: deleting ~

[will trillich <will@serensoft.com>]

On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 08:40:23PM +0100, Attila Csosz wrote:
> I've a ~ (1 char) named directory in my home directory :)
> How could I delete it?

quote it so the shell doesn't 'interpret' it.

% echo ~
/home/yourlogin
% echo \~
~
% echo '~'
~
% mv \~ somethingSensible

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