I accidentally saved a txt file in vi with the name ":q!".
no amount of regex tomfoolery I can think of will allow me to remove the file.
anyone got any ideas?
rm ':q!'
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I are one. Just so you know I DID try that.... lol
thnx
I've experienced similar instances.
If there are a small number of files in the directory then:
rm -i *
will allow you to step through all files answering 'n' until you get to the culprit and say 'y'.
Show us the output from the command:
printf 'XXX%sXXX\n' *:*|od -bc
when run in that directory.