Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 13:45:21 +0100 From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> To: "Tomasz Koziara" <toko@space.pl>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: how to delete file named "?'??" Message-ID: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKCEJGJKAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20020925143415.26c320f3.toko@space.pl>
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A few things you can try: Enclosing the file name in quotes generally works. rm " ?'?? " Adding -- prevents anything further on the command line being interpreted as a switch. rm -- " ?'?? " rm -i * Should prompt you for each file in the directory to delete. Answer no to all bar the one you want. Cheers, Barry -- Barry Byrne, IT Manager, WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Phone: +353 1 417 0150 Fax: +353 1 478 5544 Email: barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com Web: www.wbtsystems.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Tomasz Koziara > Sent: 25 September 2002 13:34 > To: freebsd-questions > Subject: how to delete file named "?'??" > > > Hi > > How to delete file named " ?'?? " ? > This is probably trivial but I tryed and > still cannot figure it out. > Thanks. > > Tom > > > ==== > Clearasil rozdaje 10 000 Plyt CD z hitami muzyki POP za darmo! > Chcesz jedna, kliknij. http://a1.o2.pl/rdr.php?banner_id=625 > ==== > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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