remove files

[jim lawrence]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:18:08 -0600, Bill Gradwohl <bill at ycc.com> wrote:
> 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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Thank you 
all better

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Jim Lawrence
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