Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 12:11:32 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com>, "Ryan Younce" <ryan@manunkind.org>, "Joe Oliveiro" <joe@advancewebhosting.com> Cc: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "Larry Rosenman" <ler@lerctr.org>, <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Pesky file Message-ID: <00120912113201.01518@buffy> In-Reply-To: <BFEGKDHLHDNOJEIHJDBAIEKJCAAA.troy@psknet.com> References: <BFEGKDHLHDNOJEIHJDBAIEKJCAAA.troy@psknet.com>
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On Thursday 07 December 2000 02:03, Troy Settle wrote: > $ touch -- -^H\*^H > $ ls > -?*? > $ rm -- -^H\*^H > > My shell is bash, and I enter this in as: > > touch -- -^V<BS>\*^V<BS> > rm -- -^V<BS>\*^V<BS> > > Trivial. What's my prize? > Your prize is a dinner for two at a candlelight restaurant of your choice. To claim your prize send an email to BillyG@miscrosoft.com With as subject "I love to tango with my Windows Box" :) Enjoy ! > -- > Troy Settle > Pulaski Networks > 540.994.4254 > > It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short > > > > ** -----Original Message----- > ** From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Cliff Sarginson > ** Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 7:17 PM > ** To: Ryan Younce; Joe Oliveiro > ** Cc: Mike Meyer; Larry Rosenman; Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net; > ** questions@freebsd.org > ** Subject: Re: Pesky file > ** > ** > ** Mmm.. > ** It's nearly Christmas so a small prize may be awarded > ** if you can get rid of a file whose name is > ** > ** -<bs>*<bs> > ** > ** Where <bs> is the backspace character. > ** > ** zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz > ** > ** > ** > ** 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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