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From: Erik Osterholm <freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org>
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Subject: Re: cd and rm a directory with '^M'
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 06:51:11PM -0700, Noah wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I had rsync create a directory with a '^M' in it.
> 
> how do I rm -rf the directory?
> 
> Cheers,
> Noah

There are multiple possibilities:
1) Use a shell which supports tab completion, and tab-complete the
entry.
2) Embed the '^M' using '^V''^M' (type ctrl-v then ctrl-m.)
3) Use shell globbing (if the file is abra^Mcadabra, type:
    ls abra*
    rm abra* (only if the above matched exactly what you want to delete.)

Erik