d l wrote: >As far as i know if u use brace to qoute a char/string, >bash will not tries to expand/subsitute it. > >so in your case > >rm -rf '~' > > single quotes such as '~' does not get expanded, double quotes "~" still gets expanded. I suggest those interested try reading /Linux in a Nutshell/ from O'Reilly to get familiar with the way the shell expands metacharacters. >should work > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/ > > > >