[NTLUG:Discuss] delete a weird file

[Victor Brilon]

Double the backslash to escape it. I.E., 'rm \\aaa\\bbb.cc'

According to the bash man page:
A non-quoted backslash (\) is the  escape  character.   It
preserves  the  literal  value  of the next character that
follows

Victor
m m wrote:
> 
> Hi all:
> 
> I uploaded a file via a webpage. I guess that I typed a 'wrong' file 
> name. and now there is a file with file name "\aaa\bbb.cc" (no quote but 
> \, if see from M$, it displays the file name as aaabbb.cc)
> I want to rm or mv. but it just don't work. it still there.
> I have tried
> mv \aaa\bbb.com
> mv aaabbb.com
> rm -f \aaa\bbb.com
> rm -f aaabbb.com
> I know the "\" cause the problem, but how do I get rid of this file?
> 
> thanks.
> 
> 
> 
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