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- From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: How can I rm a file with a '&' ????
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.111454.9889@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 11:14:54 GMT
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- John Mackin (john@physiol.su.OZ.AU) wrote:
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- : The reason it doesn't work is left as an exercise for the reader.
- :
- : Come on, people. Netnews is good. It's nice to help others with
- : their problems. It isn't so nice when the purported `help' is
- : actually a lot of crap.
- :
- : How about, before you post, _testing_ what you are going to post?
- : How about _knowing what you are talking about_ before talking?
- :
- : These are not matters of opinion, like `which shell is best'.
- : Those can be, and will be, disputed until the end of time.
- : These are matters of simple _fact_. Please, get the facts right.
-
- Well, the following works on MY system (Sun 4.1.1):
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- rm 'big&cow'
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- as someone else had mentioned. Perhaps NOGLOB has to be set, though.
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- hinzd@picard.med.ge.com
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