Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:17:40 -0500 From: Erik Osterholm <freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org> To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cd and rm a directory with '^M' Message-ID: <20080904031740.GA37290@aleph.cepheid.org> In-Reply-To: <48BF3F0F.6030606@enabled.com> References: <48BF3F0F.6030606@enabled.com>
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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
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