zhou@unizh.ifi.unizh.ch ( ass bei richter) (03/20/91)
I would like to know from you on how to remove a file named: XXX XXX from the unix file system, e.g. 'rm xmas card', where 'xmas card' is a single file name which was saved from 'rn'. Thanks a lot in advance.
jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (03/21/91)
In article <1991Mar20.151552.16019@ifi.unizh.ch>, zhou@unizh.ifi.unizh.ch ( ass bei richter) writes: |> I would like to know from you on how to remove a file named: XXX XXX |> from the unix file system, e.g. 'rm xmas card', where 'xmas card' is |> a single file name which was saved from 'rn'. This is answered, in question number 2, in the Frequently Asked Questions posting for the comp.unix.questions newsgroup. If this article has expred at your site, then you can wait until it is posted again, or you can retrieve it via anonymous ftp from pit-manager.mit.edu (18.72.1.58) in the file /pub/usenet/comp.unix.questions/Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Unix_-_with_Answers_[Monthly_posting] If you don't have anonymous ftp access, then send mail to "mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu" with the subject or body send usenet/comp.unix.questions/Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Unix_-_with_Answers_[Monthly_posting] It would be a good idea for you to read this posting before posting, or at least scan it, before posting questions to the comp.unix.* newsgroups again. And, by the way, one answer to your question is rm 'xmas card' -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710
boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au (Boyd Roberts) (03/22/91)
In article <1991Mar20.151552.16019@ifi.unizh.ch> zhou@unizh.ifi.unizh.ch writes: > >I would like to know from you on how to remove a file named: XXX XXX >from the unix file system, e.g. 'rm xmas card', where 'xmas card' is >a single file name which was saved from 'rn'. > $ mv "xmas card" "easter egg" $ rm "easter egg" Boyd Roberts boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''