How To Delete A File With A Dash?

Asked By James D Costanza 60 points N/A Posted on - 02/07/2015

I am having a hard time finding a file with a dash that I know is in the directory but it is not showing up. All I can find in the help files is they are hidden in Linux.  How are you suppose to delete a file that has become hidden?

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Answered By Anyet Thngo 0 points N/A #193226

How To Delete A File With A Dash?

Hi James,

 

To remove the non-hidden or hidden files, the following commands can be used.

 

rm -rf /some/path/* deletes all the visible files in that directories (and subdirs).

 

rm -rf /some/path/.* deletes all hidden files in that particular directory . This does not delete the subdirectories and gives a warning.

rm: cannot remove directory: `/some/dir/.'

rm: cannot remove directory: `/some/dir/..'

 

Regards,

Anyet

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