Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 09:21:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net> To: Daniel Haischt <danielh@privat.toplink.de> Cc: FreeBSD MailingList <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: deleting a directory with specil characters Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.981011092034.19668B-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org> In-Reply-To: <000d01bdf50c$38df1a80$18a902c3@abyssone>
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On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Daniel Haischt wrote: > A friend of mine created a directory called 'Startmenü'. > (Don't how he did that) > > Here my question: How can I delete those directorys like the one above. There are 2 ways you could do this: 1) Escape the | character with a backslash, i.e.: rm Startmen\| 2) Use a shell that does filename completion, like bash or tcsh. Then type "rm Startme", and before hitting ENTER, hit the TAB key, which will make the shell complete the filename. The shell will automatically escape the | character for you, and after it completes the filename, then hit ENTER to remove it. ********************************************************************** * Bryce Newall * Email: data@dreamhaven.net * * WWW: http://home.dreamhaven.net/~data * * "Insanity takes its toll. Please have exact change." * ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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