Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 14:52:23 -0600 From: Oscar Ricardo Silva <oscars@mail.utexas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm a file named "-l"? ;-) Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20011217145103.00ab4bf8@mail.utexas.edu> In-Reply-To: <rl7krl3731.krl@localhost.localdomain> References: <20011217111215.I21241@xs4all.nl> <20011217111215.I21241@xs4all.nl>
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Here's a page that deals with funky filenames: UNIX: How To Deal With Filenames Containing Unprintable/Special Characters <http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/unix/other/funky.filenames.shtml>; Oscar At 12:49 PM 12/17/2001 -0800, Gary W. Swearingen, you wrote: >One "last resort" for problem filenames of any kind is to do > > \rm -i * .* > >in it's directory, and then be sure to answer "n" for everything >but the one you want to delete. (You usually don't need the ".*".) > >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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