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Old 05-13-2007
problem in deleting a file
Hello:
I made this mistake on my tru64 machine, I renamed a file from:
binary.errlog to binary.errlog(B3)
now when im tryign to move or delete the file Im getting:

# rm binary.errlog(B3)
ksh: syntax error: `(' unexpected

4# mv binary.errlog(B3) log
ksh: syntax error: `(' unexpected


any ideas how to get rid of this new file .

Thanks alot
# 2  
Old 05-13-2007
Aladdin, try quotes.
Code:
rm  'binary.errlog(B3)'

mv  'binary.errlog(B3)'  log

# 3  
Old 05-13-2007
Thanks alot, that worked
would you please explain to me why I needed the qutes??
# 4  
Old 05-13-2007
The ' tells the shell to ignore special/metacharacters - characters like : ( ) { } & * ? that are part of shell syntax or are part of globbing (wildcards like: ls *.txt)

Surround any fixed name with those characters in the name with single quotes.
 
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