it worked! thanks a lot _________________________________ daniel a. g. quinn starving programmer
truly 'the humble is the stem upon which the mighty grows, the low is the foundation upon which the high is laid... - lau tzu, "tao te ching: chapter xxxix" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony E. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:02 PM Subject: Re: removing "Icon?" | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- | Hash: SHA1 | | On 19-Jun-2002/15:37 -0700, daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >a mac user has connected to my box and uploaded a file called "Icon?" | >(including the "?"). how do i remove it? the following command doesn't | >work: | > | >rm -f Icon\? | > | >typing "rm -f Ic<tab>" will work but retyping the text that appears doesn't | > | >rm -f Icon^M | > | >also, when i use the <tab> trick, as root, it asks me if "i really want to | >delete Icon\r", but typing that doesn't work either: | > | >rm -f Icon\r | | The tab-completion method is best for a single file. It's fast, easy, and | effective as log as there's only one file. | | If you know the name has a carriage return, you can type that using | | rm Icon[Ctrl-V][Ctrl-M] | | The [Ctrl-V] sequence tells the shell that the next sequence is not to be | interpreted, but is to be represented literally. | | | Tony | - -- | Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D | AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> | Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- | Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) | Comment: Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0x6C94239D | | iD8DBQE9EAJKpCpg3WyUI50RAvPCAKCUeOc+dYEb50F8877EJHYCCY07OQCg8oq6 | TND8zJEMbiVN4Td8+EazxkA= | =culM | -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- | | | | _______________________________________________ | Redhat-list mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list | _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
