On 8/1/19 12:29 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
On 01/08/2019 14.18, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
I can delete these directories from any GIU file manager, but not from the command line.
I think I am making a typo here, but I am not seeing it. Would you guys mind being a second pair of eyes for me?
$ rm -rf '/home/todd/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Service Worker/CacheStorage/*'
A '*' wildcard inside quotes is not expanded. Use '/home/todd/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Service Worker/CacheStorage/'* The '-f' made the expected error not show:
$ mkdir zzzz $ rm -rf 'zzzz/*' $ rm -r 'zzzz/*' rm: cannot remove 'zzzz/*': No such file or directory
And the (my) alternative is to use tab-completion to get the space escaped resulting in...
[egreshko@f30-k ~]$ ll .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Service\ Worker/CacheStorage/ total 4 drwx------. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Aug 1 12:48 3a6faf96138604257eb4b8adcb261bd5e4ab0f95
[egreshko@f30-k ~]$ rm -rf .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Service\ Worker/CacheStorage/*
[egreshko@f30-k ~]$ ll .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Service\ Worker/CacheStorage/ total 0