delete ~ directory
Adam Voigt
adam at kotisprop.com
Mon Apr 19 15:11:08 UTC 2004
You need to do an escape, for example:
"vi ~"
Will tell you your trying to open a directory, and infact list the
contents, but this:
"vi \~"
Will create a new file, called ~, so logically, you could use:
"rm -rf \~"
On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 11:09, Martin Stone wrote:
> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > Am Mo, den 19.04.2004 schrieb Vano Beridze um 09:17:
> >
> >
> >>Hello
> >>
> >>I've accidentally (from a java program) created a directory named ~ in
> >>my home directory.
> >>Because ~ is a synonim for a home directory how can I delete this
> >>directory safely?
> >>I mean I don't want to delete my whole home directory just that wierd
> >
> > one.
> >
> >>Thank you
> >>Vano
> >
> >
> > Besides the other suggestions, as a general annotation too, on bash you
> > can use
> >
> > command -- special_sign_name
> >
> > The leading "--" tells the shell that the following is no options set.
> > So in your case it would be while you are in the directory where the
> > miscreated directory is placed
> >
> > rm -rf -- ~
> >
> > You can use this too if you accidentally created i.e. a file named "-f"
> >
> > rm -f will not work, but
> > rm -- -f will do.
> >
> > Alexander
>
> No. "rm -rf -- ~" absolutely WILL expand the ~ and remove your home directory!
> The expansion of "~" is done by bash, not the rm command. The -- only tells
> rm not to treat what follows as an option; it does not tell bash not to expand
> "~". I would hope that you would test before posting such inaccurate and
> dangerous advice.
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Adam Voigt
adam at kotisprop.com
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