On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:15:46 +0930 Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 22:45 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > > When all else fails, wildcards can be your friends. > > See what you get with ls rather than rm, first, if you're using > wildcards. You don't want to delete more than you expect to. You can also use tab completion to finish off a filename. For example, "ls abc" and then <tab> will complete the filename "abcdef.ghi" if it is present in the directory. If there is more than one file that starts with "abc" then nothing will happen until you hit <tab> twice; then it will give you a list of all of the files that start with "abc". Tab completion can save a huge amount of typing. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
