Xref: utzoo comp.unix.shell:1731 comp.unix.questions:29672 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!cluster!necisa!boyd From: boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au (Boyd Roberts) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: remove filename 'xxx xxx' Message-ID: <2051@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au> Date: 22 Mar 91 04:14:45 GMT Article-I.D.: necisa.2051 References: <1991Mar20.151552.16019@ifi.unizh.ch> Organization: NEC Information Systems Australia Pty. Ltd. Lines: 14 In article <1991Mar20.151552.16019@ifi.unizh.ch> zhou@unizh.ifi.unizh.ch writes: > >I would like to know from you on how to remove a file named: XXX XXX >from the unix file system, e.g. 'rm xmas card', where 'xmas card' is >a single file name which was saved from 'rn'. > $ mv "xmas card" "easter egg" $ rm "easter egg" Boyd Roberts boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''