get rid of files and directories with spaces in them

Kevin J. Cummings cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
Sat Jul 21 06:50:37 UTC 2007


Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 22:45 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
>> When all else fails, wildcards can be your friends.
> 
> See what you get with ls rather than rm, first, if you're using
> wildcards.  You don't want to delete more than you expect to.

Isn't that what the -i/--interactive option is for?  It lets you say y/n
to each removal.  I believe its set through an alias for root by
default, but not for normal users.

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