get rid of files and directories with spaces in them
Tim
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Sat Jul 21 07:47:11 UTC 2007
Tim:
>> 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.
Kevin J. Cummings:
> 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.
I don't know what the original poster's environment is, but it's a dicey
thing to do wildcard deletions, hoping that something else will save you
from yourself.
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