delete fle #a.c# created by emacs

herambshembekar · 02-26-2002, 10:43 AM

delete fle #a.c# created by emacs on coomand line rm dosen't work

CragStar · 02-26-2002, 11:48 AM

what was it you typed? and what was the error got.

You make sure the file is there by typing:
ls

Which should print out the contents of a folder.

taz.devil · 02-26-2002, 12:41 PM

I've had to get rid of these annoying files also and I believe I used the shred -u method. Are you using rm by itself or rm -f? That would make a difference as well.

neo77777 · 02-26-2002, 02:11 PM

try to escape # with \
rm -f \#a.c\#

herambshembekar · 02-28-2002, 11:10 AM

I just forgetten basics # is used in shell for comment, so i am getting message as too few arguments. Thanks for reminding me to use escape \# seq.