Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:02:49 -0800 From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'rm' Can not delete files Message-ID: <CAHhngE3F7PYNuOfKk1bogzpXw1pjBzhtB_6q-1gqR7=OPSh_3Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3DFDF5C0-2D39-4A88-B3B5-7D236A7FC4DA@dont-panic.org> References: <1237723287.20120207235924@yandex.ru> <4F31A15C.3050506@gmail.com> <3DFDF5C0-2D39-4A88-B3B5-7D236A7FC4DA@dont-panic.org>
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2012/2/7 Ingo Hofmann <ingo.hofmann@dont-panic.org>: > What helps me sometimes is wrapping it up: > > for i in *; do rm $i; done Won't that just expand the * and result in the same problem? It seems like you've just moved the problem from the rm statement to the for statement.
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