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# 15  
Old 09-19-2006
Hi,

/bin/ksh
# 16  
Old 09-19-2006
Have you tried to move the file which will rename it and then delete it?

like:

mv "ab123 v2.12.09 with revision marks.doc;#" new_file

then rm new_file
Last edited by jack1981; 09-19-2006 at 05:49 AM..
# 17  
Old 09-19-2006
showing the following error message:

mv: cannot access ab123 v2.12.09 with revision marks.doc;"
# 18  
Old 09-19-2006
How many files are in your current direcotry?
do a ls -l

You could try a rm * to delete all files in your directory providing you have manually moved the files you want to keep before hand.
# 19  
Old 09-19-2006
I try already..not work:

m: remove aamle.txt (yes/no)? n
ab123: No such file or directory
v2.12.09: No such file or directory
with: No such file or directory
revision: No such file or directory
marks.doc: No such file or directory
# 20  
Old 09-19-2006
which OS do you use?
Solaris?
# 21  
Old 09-19-2006
Yes, I think so..... Smilie
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