LoveEspresso@retrofed.com to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoWhen i am trying to remove the underlined folder using the rm command, this is the result that is being shown. What does this mean ??retrofed.comimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down116
arrow-up1-11arrow-down1imageWhen i am trying to remove the underlined folder using the rm command, this is the result that is being shown. What does this mean ??retrofed.comLoveEspresso@retrofed.com to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareBlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 hours agoYou should wrap rm -r 'folder'\$'003' in backticks, because in my Lemmy client the backwards slash wasn’t showing.
minus-squareCalfpupa [she/her]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoYou put an extra backslash in there, it should be rm -r "folder'\$'003"
minus-squareLoveEspresso@retrofed.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoAfter this, i gave the ls command, and it’s showing up.
minus-squareStrider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-219 hours agoDid you try with bash autocomplete? rm -r folder<tab> And see how it spells it? Also you could wildcard depending on what you (don’t) want to delete in the process.
You should wrap
rm -r 'folder'\$'003'in backticks, because in my Lemmy client the backwards slash wasn’t showing.Here’s the result :
You put an extra backslash in there, it should be
rm -r "folder'\$'003"After this, i gave the ls command, and it’s showing up.
Did you try with bash autocomplete?
rm -r folder<tab>
And see how it spells it? Also you could wildcard depending on what you (don’t) want to delete in the process.