From: Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM
Date: Fri Mar 19 2004 - 08:18:43 EST
simply escape the &
root@0-tvgicsc1 133# touch bla\&aaa
root@0-tvgicsc1 136# rm bla\&aaa
root@0-tvgicsc1 137#
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
Kumar, Praveen (cahoot)
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 2:00 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: File name with & in it
Hi *,
I have a peculiar problem,i had a file on windows whose name
had
an '&' character in it, and unfortunately i have ftp' ied it to my AIX
box.
When i am trying to delete the file, as soon as it encounters the '&'
character, it comes out as abackground process, it does not even allow
me to
rename the file nor move the file in to a directory (so that i can knock
of
the directory). I suddenly got an idea,that i have connected from
another
system by FTP and renamed that file from ftp prompt, and then i could
delete
the file. I am sure there would be some way doing this from the local
system.
TIA
Praveen.K
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