Re: UNIX Q: How do I delete files beginning with #

• Ross Collado <Ross.Collado_at_techpac.com> on 07/31/02 20:33:22 -0800

> Hi,
> I have files like:

># Column
># This
>######### 

escape/quote the char's:

rm -f "./# Column";

or, if you use bash, the tab key is rather helpful for this.

simplest fix may be to:

    cd $somedir/..;
    mkdir _$somedir;
    mv $somedir/[a-zA-Z0-9_]* _$somedir;     rm -rf $somedir;
    mv _$someidr $somedir;

that is: make a scratch directory, fry the original one, and then move the scratch directory in place. This also helps to shrink an over-large directory that may have been populated with large numbers of junk files.     

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