Help on file starting with a '~'...

A mutable language jeenglis at alcor.usc.edu
Fri Feb 22 14:46:49 AEST 1991


jman at ICS.UCI.EDU writes:
>
>Could some unix gurus out there help me in removing a file which the
>name starts with a '~', such as ~filename?  Thanks a million!!!


Read The FAQ and Manual.



(But if you really must know, "rm \~filename" works from csh,
 "rm ~filename" works from the Bourne shell.)


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                                     -- "Roger" "Rabbit"

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