Removing a file

[elias1003]

Is there any way to remove a file that was named *?. I have a file that was name * (asterisk). Now if I rm * I am afraid I will remove all files in the directory. Any simple solutions to this?
Thanks,

 

[columb]

Try 'escaping' the *.
First try

ls \*

to demonstrate that you are indeed picking up just the one file. If so

rm \*

Columb Healy

 

[MoshiachNow]

rm -i *

will ask you to confirm separately per file.
Cheers.

Long live king Moshiach !

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[stefanhei]

rm -i '*'

should also work.

Stefan

 

[kHz]

I like to use ksh arrays for this.

#set -A files $(ls .)
#print ${files[@]}

find your file - ksh starts counting at 0 (zero). Then:
#rm ${files[7]} - if 7 was the count of your *? filename.

 

[elias1003]

Thanks guys, rm -i '*' did the job.