[vox-tech] Removing Files

Ryan vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Wed, 19 May 2004 23:36:05 -0700


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On Wednesday 19 May 2004 11:26 pm, Daniel Hurt dwhurt-at-ucdavis.edu |lugod=
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wrote:
> I have a question regarding deletion of files.  In the conversion of my
> files from my windows to Linux, I had some files that had special
> characters in them.  They copied to the Linux file system, but now I
> cannot access them to modify them.  I was curious about how to go about
> removing these files:
>
> ls: ./Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director=B4s Cut).avi: No such file
> or directory
rm 'Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness (Director=B4s Cut).avi'
would work. so would
rm 'Evil\ Dead\ 3\ -\ Army\ of\ Darkness\ Director\=B4s\ Cut\).avi

But quoting is usualy easier. Or use tab-compleation... that will escape fo=
r=20
you.
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