On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 04:21:12PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Often, too, you can use the TAB key to advance over problematic > characters, a "?" to represent one of them and "*" to represent any > number of them. So > > rm ?rtsp-stream-over-tcp > rm *over-tcp
Hmm... I don't think this works since the shell will expand to "rm -rtsp-stream-over-tcp". rm will still see the file name as an option. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat > -foo foo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rm -foo rm: invalid option -- o Try `rm --help' for more information. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rm ?foo rm: invalid option -- o Try `rm --help' for more information. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rm *foo rm: invalid option -- o Try `rm --help' for more information. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rm -- -foo rm: remove regular file `-foo'? y [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]