On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:37:12 -0500 Scott Berry <sberry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How does one get rid of files and directories with spaces in them? I tried > rm and it doesn't want to remove the files or folders? Put a \ in front of the space to "escape" it. So if you have a file name like this: file name.txt You can delete it like this: rm file\ name.txt You can "escape" other characters that would otherwise have special meaning (brackets, apostrophes, and the like) in the same way. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
