Re: removing file with newlines in name

[Colin S. Miller]

Frederik Fouvry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Due to a corrupted tar file, I ended up in a directory with a file
> named like this (between the lines)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> case 't':   get_all_tables = 1;
>                         break;
>             case 'T':   get_all_tables = 2;
>
> cd
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Any idea on how I can remove it?  I tried quite a few things, but none
> that worked.  I usually end up with the error message:
>
> cannot stat `/proj/negra/case \'t\':   get_all_tables = 1;\n                    
>     break;\n\t    case \'T\':   get_all_tables = 2;\n': Invalid argument
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Frederik Fouvry
You could try
rm -i <wildcard>
which will prompt for confirmation of each delete;
Its acceptable if you want to manually delete each file,
but not really for use in scripts.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller