Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!tygra!jp From: jp@tygra.UUCP (John Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: Re: How to remove a file named "!INDEX". Message-ID: <1991Apr16.152134.6751@tygra.UUCP> Date: 16 Apr 91 15:21:34 GMT References: <381@wybbs.mi.org> <576@bria> Organization: CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Detroit, MI Lines: 24 In article yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Crimson Avenger) writes: :HELP! I'm on UNIX and I ftp a file called !INDEX from a MTS type of a system. :I can't read it, rename it, or delete that file... It keeps on saying :"Event not found"... Anybody know how to remove that kind of file? : :rm !INDEX :Event not found : :rm "!INDEX" :Event not found : :Thanks.. E-mail or post is fine... I'll be looking for this. : Ah - a csh afficionato. Try "rm \!INDEX" or sh rm !INDEX -- CAT-TALK Conferencing System | "Buster Bunny is an abused | E-MAIL: +1 313 343 0800 (USR HST) | child. Trust me - I'm a | jp@tygra.UUCP +1 313 343 2925 (TELEBIT PEP) | professional..." | ..sharkey!tygra! ********EIGHT NODES*********** | -- Roger Rabbit | ..jp