[techtalk] filename special characters

[ktb]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 09:35:55AM -0800, Dennis Wheeler wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> After more than a year, I still consider my self new to Linux. But it always
> seems to be the little things that trip me up the most. For example, I've
> only learned recently how to remove filenames with leading dash characters,
> '-', in their names. Use a dot-slash in front of the name:
> 
>   rm ./-filename
> 
> But now I have a new problem. I have a group of files with square bracket
> characters, 'file[2].txt' in their names, and I can't figure out how to
> search and replace those characters, since the '[]' characters are being
> interpreted as special characters in the shell.
> 
>   find . -name \*\[ -print
>   find . -regex .*\[.* -print
> 
> I've tried various combinations of these without success. Any advice on how
> to get rid of these characters?
> 

rm "file[2].txt"
will remove the offending file.
kent

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