remove files

[Bill Gradwohl]

jim lawrence wrote:

>Hi all
>
>i need to know how to remove files from my desktop that have a  
>~ fixed to the end of them 
>one of the problems is that the filse have spaces in their name.  
>EX.   name of the file~ 
>doing a rm name of the file~  results in I'm stupid  there is no such
>directory named name or somthing to that effect.  So, how do I remove
>these pesky files.  thay are all located on thr desktop. I can't view
>them in nautilus, nor when looking at the desktop. only threw the
>terminal.
>
>Thaks for the help in advance, 
>  
>
Put quotes around the name to encompass the spaces as in
    rm 'name of the file~'

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