Re: rm difficult filename

Suppouse you have a file name like -filename-x you must errase it with rm -- -filename-x That's all Regards :) On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 01:21:49 -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > When capturing a file from an url with the command > mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile archive.rm -playlist url > and o

Re: rm difficult filename

Jason Rennie wrote: On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 04:21:12PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: Often, too, you can use the TAB key to advance over problematic characters, a "?" to represent one of them and "*" to represent any number of them. So rm ?rtsp-stream-over-tcp rm *over-tcp Hmm... I don'

Re: rm difficult filename

Thanks to all that helped. What worked was rm -- filename -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rm difficult filename

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 04:21:12PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Often, too, you can use the TAB key to advance over problematic > characters, a "?" to represent one of them and "*" to represent any > number of them. So > > rm ?rtsp-stream-over-tcp > rm *over-tcp Hmm... I don't think this wo

Re: rm difficult filename

"Kevin B. McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Wed, 08 Sep 2004 08:31:39 -0400) writes: > John Summerfield wrote: > >> Often, too, you can use the TAB key to advance over problematic characters, a "?" >> to represent one of them and "*" to represent any number of them. So >> >> rm ?rtsp-stream-over-tcp

Re: rm difficult filename

John Summerfield wrote: > Often, too, you can use the TAB key to advance over problematic characters, a "?" to > represent one of them and "*" to represent any number of them. So > > rm ?rtsp-stream-over-tcp > rm *over-tcp Sometimes, but in this case it wouldn't work. Using a * or ? will help

Re: rm difficult filename

Tim Connors wrote: And if you get a filename with non-printable garbage in it, then you can say rm -i ?rtsp-str??m-over-t?? Use rm -i though, otherwise the first time you try this, you will make a mistake :) To see what it might do: echo rm ?rtsp-str??m-over-t?? If you like what you see echo rm

Re: rm difficult filename

Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:24:56 +1000: > Once upon a time Antonio Rodriguez said... > > When capturing a file from an url with the command > > mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile archive.rm -playlist url > > and other variants, by misplacing the option -rtsp-stream-

Re: rm difficult filename

Cameron Hutchison wrote: Once upon a time Antonio Rodriguez said... When capturing a file from an url with the command mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile archive.rm -playlist url and other variants, by misplacing the option -rtsp-stream-over-tcp a file was created with this name, i.e., -rtsp-stream-o

Re: rm difficult filename

Once upon a time Antonio Rodriguez said... > When capturing a file from an url with the command > mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile archive.rm -playlist url > and other variants, by misplacing the option -rtsp-stream-over-tcp a > file was created with this name, i.e., > -rtsp-stream-over-tcp is the fil

rm difficult filename

When capturing a file from an url with the command mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile archive.rm -playlist url and other variants, by misplacing the option -rtsp-stream-over-tcp a file was created with this name, i.e., -rtsp-stream-over-tcp is the filename. I've tried removing it with different tricks,