On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 12:08:55PM -0500, Chad Walstrom wrote: > OK, so let's say that you've inadvertantly created a file whose name > starts or includes an unprintable character. [snip] A couple of alternatives to that: 1. Use "rm -i" to avoid deleting innocent bystanders 2. Use "rename" (a Perl-based shell util) or equivalent to fix any unprintable characters, then delete as usual: rename 'tr/-A-Za-z0-9._/_/c' * TMTOWDTI, J -- trammell at el-swifto.com 9EC7 BC6D E688 A184 9F58 FD4C 2C12 CC14 8ABA 36F5 Twin Cities Linux Users Group (TCLUG) Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list