[chrs0302]

Hi

I need a tip to delete the file.

# uname -a
SunOS yakdev2 5.10 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240

This is the file to be deleted.

-rw-r--r-- 1 testuser sysadmin 758 Apr 19 15:06 Shortcut to top-3.6alpha10pre.tar.gz.lnk

# rm Shortcut to top-3.6alpha10pre.tar.gz.lnk
Shortcut: No such file or directory
to: No such file or directory
top-3.6alpha10pre.tar.gz.lnk: No such file or directory

Thanks in advance

[somefellow]

looks like a leftover from an uninstall ...try safe mode or reinstall the program and delete as a whole.

[tsunam]

rm "Shortcut to top-3.6alpha10pre.tar.gz.lnk"

will probably be the easiest
you could also probably do a rm Shortcut (tab) it should autocomplete assuming its the only one in the folder

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by somefellow

looks like a leftover from an uninstall ...try safe mode or reinstall the program and delete as a whole.

I just laugh when people post Windows Solutions in the Linux Forum.

Tsunam has it on the head. Just start typing and hit the tab to auto complete the filename or put the whole filename in quotes. If you want to use the spaces you need to use the escape character \ or put the whole filename in quotes.

rm Shortcut\ to\ top-3.6alpha10pre.tar.gz.lnk

[Whiteskin]

Yeah. It's easier when the question is windows related, because then it can be moved!

[codejockey]

You can delete any file with funky characters in its name by using the command: rm -i filespec, where filespec is an expression that includes the file you want to delete. For your example, you might try: rm -i Short* (or similar). Don't know what the expression should be? Try rm -i *, and you will be prompted for each filename in the current directory ... simply answer "Y" (without the quotes) when the filename(s) appear that you want to delete.

As Tsunam mentioned, auto-complete does pretty much the same thing. Caveat: not every shell features auto-complete, and it's possible to have it turned off.

Hope this helps.

[somefellow]

sorry guys , my bad . didn`t even look at the title .

[chrs0302]

Hi all

Very interesting tips and I have deleted the file using

rm "Shortcut to top-3.6alpha10pre.tar.gz.lnk"

I want to try with other commands and the file is deleted by then.

I appreciate one and all for their valued support.

Thanks

[tsunam]

Added note about -i, it can save your butt from doing a rm -rf /etc instead of /home/user/etc/

Which as everyone here will say, is a very bad thing to do!

[tsunam]

bah stupid double post!

[lynch]

Originally Posted by tsunam

Added note about -i, it can save your butt from doing a rm -rf /etc instead of /home/user/etc/

Which as everyone here will say, is a very bad thing to do!

Yes. You can never say that often enough.

[Whiteskin]

Which is why whenever I set up a newbie running CLI, the first thing that goes into bashrc, or profile ( i can never remember which) is alias rm='rm -i'