i've got a huge list of files to delete, some of which are named with special characters such as ')'. an example would be:

t_43466).jpg

3/25/2008 12:48:22 PM

does this not work:

rm -fr *)*

3/25/2008 12:55:16 PM

sorry, i should have been more clear. i have about 100,000 files to delete, but i'm not deleting them based off the filename. i build a list of rm commands for each file that is flagged to be deleted, and some of them have a ) or other character in them. this is the error i get:

bash: rm -v ./6/6/t_43466).jpg;
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

3/25/2008 12:58:29 PM

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=122103

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 1:17 PM. Reason : use backslash or single quote]

3/25/2008 1:16:20 PM

single quote worked great. thanks.

i should have googled the error message, dur.

3/25/2008 1:29:15 PM

3/25/2008 1:29:57 PM