Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 10:57:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: Travis Siegel <tsiegel AT softcon DOT com>
To: Gene Kwatny <kwatny AT joda DOT cis DOT temple DOT edu>
cc: opendos-support AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: File Names with Spaces
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On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Gene Kwatny wrote:

> Can anyone suggest a straightforward method to delete files whose names
> have embedded spaces in DOS with no long file name support (i.e standard
> 8.3 notation).

Yep, sure can.  Assuming the file is something like "1 2 3" then to delete
it, all you need to do is something like;
del 1?2?3
Just place a question mark where the spaces are, and it'll happ9ily
disappear. :)  Hope this helps.