> > 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
Hehe, I'm jobless (= having more time) and pissed (by wine, not the software, but the drink) at the moment, that's my excuse to do similar experiments. What's your excuse ;D? I guess I stop now, to avoid that I randomly run $su # cd / # rm * and then need to restore backups. Globbing can be very entertaining, but before we go on writing mails regarding to funny issues, we should add a note, to prevent very inexperienced Debian users against disasters. 2 Cents, Ralf -- 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/1308995756.17986.83.camel@debian
