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February 3rd, 2004, 01:28 AM
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Deleting a directory with symbols and commands in its name
Hi, i have a php script on a FreeBSD that had a little error and ended up creating a folder called:
PHP Code:
Now i'm trying to figure out how i would delete this directory as the normal methods i'm familiar with don't seem to work on a dir with a name like this. Thanks in advance
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February 3rd, 2004, 02:26 AM
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"Escaping" the symbols with a backslash, e.g. \$ prevents the shell from treating the $ sign as a prefix to an env variable and usually works.
Regards.
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February 3rd, 2004, 02:43 AM
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yep, that did the trick
i used :
rm -R \<\?php\ \echo\ \$photo\_path\;\?\> and it did the trick. Thanks again.
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