I am trying to get rid of this folder, but the result is saying that fish expects a variable name after this $. What does it mean ? And how do i get rid of this folder ?
Oh. Sudo is the special word meaning admin. So if you have a command like rm and it fails due to permissions you simply add sudo. sudo rm. But I see that your problem is the folder name. So nevermind. Maybe look at the spaces? Maybe you have tab$tab instead of space$space?
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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 46d
It's just not escaped properly.
You can probably just get away with putting a backslash
\before the$so it looks like\$.OrangePumkin@piefed.nl · 0 pts · 46d
Didn't work.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 46d
I'm unfamiliar with fish but that
$'\003'also looks a lot like how bash escapes unprintable control characters (ASCII 3 is 'end of text' apparently).You probably have sh or bash available. Try the same command in that.
Or just delete all directories that start with folder with confirmation (no
-f):one_old_coder@piefed.social · 2 pts · 46d
Ask loveespresso@retrofed.com.
statelesz@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 46d
Just type
rm -rf fand use tab to auto complete.fartsparkles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 46d
The quotes and escapes are mangled.
cdinto the directory with the folder to remove, typerm -rf ./then press tab until the folder you’re looking for is autocompleted after the./OrangePumkin@piefed.nl · -1 pts · 46d
Doesn't seem to work.
fartsparkles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 46d
If you’re struggling, might as well either open a file manager like midnight commander to make your life easier.
OrangePumkin@piefed.nl · -2 pts · 46d
What's that ?
Janx@piefed.social · 4 pts · 46d
one_old_coder@piefed.social · 2 pts · 46d
Google.
Lojcs@piefed.social · 1 pts · 46d
Are you sure the name is
'folder'$'\003'? I think the outer quotes might be added by ls. I would tryrm -rf 'folder\'\$\'\\003'Edit: Or
rm -rf 'folder\'$\'\\003'altphoto@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 46d
You probably don't own the folder. Use sudo.
OrangePumkin@piefed.nl · -1 pts · 46d
Meaning ??
OrangePumkin@piefed.nl · 0 pts · 46d
It's right here.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 46d
Oh. Sudo is the special word meaning admin. So if you have a command like rm and it fails due to permissions you simply add sudo. sudo rm. But I see that your problem is the folder name. So nevermind. Maybe look at the spaces? Maybe you have tab$tab instead of space$space?