Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:25:51 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Andy Wodfer <wodfer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help! Can't delete files ... Message-ID: <20111020042551.9427391a.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CABgB0xTPzcE1OvgpTJkRdDR-QY046kU5Kk-am7EX4D=LHu2%2B6A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABgB0xQxYMM91OcBBVGHLB=Px4z4b=bxRnj=gbvbaU1GRTZRQQ@mail.gmail.com> <201110191904.p9JJ4Ago092104@mail.r-bonomi.com> <CABgB0xTPzcE1OvgpTJkRdDR-QY046kU5Kk-am7EX4D=LHu2%2B6A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:32:39 +0200, Andy Wodfer wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>wrote: > > > A) learn to use wildcards. > > > > I know how to use wildcards, but I forgot to tell in my first email that > there are 4 files that have almost the same filenames, so I couldn't do it > this way. In this case, try to use a terminal emulator which does have support for UTF-8 both on input and on output. Make sure your charsets are configured properly. With this preparation, you should (1st) see the correct file names in your native language and (2nd) be able to enter (or complete) their filenames as desired on the command line. > > B) learn to use the '-i' option to rm > > C) learn to use 'echo' to 'test' filename expansions. > > > > Thanks! Very useful info. I may add: D) Learn to avoid non-ASCII characters in filenames (just like whitespaces and "special" characters). I'm following this rule for my entire "IT career" now and I'm very pleased by the results. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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