get rid of files and directories with spaces in them

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Scott Berry wrote:
> How does one get rid of files and directories with spaces in them?  I
> tried rm and it doesn't want to remove the files or folders?

Quoting names with spaces works well.  So does use of the \ character to
escape the space.  Exact usage might vary depending on which shell
you're using.

The following examples should work well with bash:

	rm "filename with spaces"
        rm another\ file\ with\ spaces

When all else fails, wildcards can be your friends.

> Scott

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