On 25/06/11 17:15, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi, > > Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> $ echo test > \* >> $ ls >> * Desktop Downloads hdsp.1 >> >> Any idea how I can get rid of the file named *? > > # touch \* \& > # ls > * & > # find . -type f -name "\*" -print0|xargs -0 rm > # ls > > > # touch \* \& > # find . -type f -name "\&" -print0|xargs -0 rm > # ls > * > > > # touch \* \& > # ls > * & > # find . -type f -name "\&" -print0|xargs -0 rm;ls > * > # find . -type f -name "\*" -print0|xargs -0 rm;ls > > > Cheers >
Bigger hammer.... scott@work:~/spec$ touch "*" "&" scott@work:~/spec$ ls -A * & scott@work:~/spec$ rm `ls -A` rm: cannot remove `&': No such file or directory scott@work:~/spec$ ls -a . .. Cheers -- I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullsh#t. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. ~ Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e059255.6050...@gmail.com
