On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Thomas J. Malloy wrote: > " mv thefile.tar.gz /~ ". Now I have a 800k file named ~ on / . I > tried to "mv ~ normalfilename" and this does create a normal file, but > the ~ file still exists. If I try to "rm ~ " the system thinks I want > to delete my home directory.
prefacing the '~' with a backslash ('\') ought to do the trick. the backslash is the shell's delimiting character, and the shell will not try to expand anything directly after a backslash. so mv \~ newname 7~he 7~hought /|ssassin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]