Can't delete files that begin with a tilde (~)

rev138 · l33t Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Posts: 848 Location: Vermont, USA

I opened an MS Word doc in windows from a SAMBA share, and Word left one of those ~dsfdf.tmp files behind.

Try as I might have, I couldn't delete it in linux. If I typed

codergeek42 · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject:

You can enclose the file name in single quotes to have the shell pass it through to rm as-is:

Maedhros · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject:

Alternatively, you can just escape the tilde. :wink:

rev138 · l33t Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Posts: 848 Location: Vermont, USA

Thanks guys. Hopefully it won't happen again, but it's nice to have the right trick up my sleve if it does.

linuxtuxhellsinki · l33t Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 700 Location: Hellsinki

& also with