file does not exsist?

valleyman · 07-28-2003, 04:53 PM

alright i downloaded a zip and extracted it put all the file in a new directory save one that claims it no longer exsists. it is just the readme so i could delete it i thought but no .. a forced rm returns that i have specified and invalid switch ... and shred does the same ... the name of file is -??+-?+?.txt any help would be much apreciated

.: valleyman :.

david_ross · 07-28-2003, 05:03 PM

If that is all that is in the dir then CD to it and:
rm -f *

Tinkster · 07-28-2003, 05:07 PM

It looks like english but I didn't understand a
word ...

What are you trying to do?
Delete a file named "-??+-?+?.txt"?

For that you can either
escape the wildcards
rm -- -\?\?+-\?+\?.txt
or
rm -- "-??+-?+?.txt"
should work, too...

The -- is required to inform rm (actually,
any command :}) that there's no more
options coming up...

Cheers,
Tink

valleyman · 07-28-2003, 05:10 PM

thanks tinkster that thing with rm worked .... it was on the desktop so it was pretty annoying

Tinkster · 07-28-2003, 05:13 PM

Pleasure ... :}

Cheers,
Tink