Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <006101c1d2b4$c3923610$2c961a18@alleluja> From: "hongxun lee" To: "cygwin mailing list" Subject: Fw: how to del files named #???# Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 16:50:30 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Thanks, rm -f \#* works well ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Markebo" To: "hongxun lee" Cc: "cygwin mailing list" Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 4:43 PM Subject: Re: how to del files named #???# > / "hongxun lee" wrote: > | I dont know why such files were produced, and they cant be del with command > | rm. Thanks > > Learn how to use your shell.. meanwhile I use to escape the > characters, so something like "rm \#\?\?\?\#" ought to work.. > > Maybe even "rm \#" and it will fill it in for you > > /Andy > > -- > The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty! > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Tooley" To: "hongxun lee" Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: Re: how to del files named #???# > Have you tried rm -f \#\?\?\# > > Chris > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/