Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:15:40 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to delete a file called ???? Message-ID: <20030212171540.4fa009b2.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20030212111232.A6759@skytrackercanada.com> References: <20030212111232.A6759@skytrackercanada.com>
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:12:32 -0500
David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> wrote:
Howdy,
> Yes, the file is a bunch of question marks.
>
> I can't seem to clean it away.
>
> rm ????????
> rm '????????'
> rm "????????"
You need to escape the ?, so it doesn't get expanded by the shell.
rm \?\?\?\?\?\? should work.
You can also use midnight commander (misc/mc) to delete it.
Cheers,
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Miguel Mendez - flynn@energyhq.homeip.net
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