Thanks Jay....It was not just clicking my mind that putting a back slash will solve this pblm....:-)
________________________________ From: Jay thali <jagrutt.th...@gmail.com> To: Linux_Mantra@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 21 June, 2010 10:55:42 AM Subject: Re: [Linux_Mantra] How to deal with a file having '*' in name Hi "*" id special character just put back slash behind special characters Eg. mv fie\* /tmp/ Regards Jayendra Thali On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Mahesh Katta <mahe_ka...@yahoo.in> wrote: > > > hi > run this command > > mv file* distination directory > > ex : mv file* /tmp/ > > > --- On Sun, 20/6/10, ritesh anand > <ritesh_...@yahoo.co.in<ritesh_mgr%40yahoo.co.in>> > wrote: > > From: ritesh anand <ritesh_...@yahoo.co.in <ritesh_mgr%40yahoo.co.in>> > Subject: [Linux_Mantra] How to deal with a file having '*' in name > To: Linux_Mantra@yahoogroups.com <Linux_Mantra%40yahoogroups.com>, > linuxki...@yahoogroups.com <linuxkings%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Sunday, 20 June, 2010, 5:06 AM > > > > Hi Friends, > > Can you tell me how to deal with a file having '*' in name? > > E.g. > > In a directory i have files with name > > file1 > > file2 > > file3 > > file4 > > file5 > > file6 > > file7 > > file* > > How to move/delete "file*' only?? > > Thanks, > > Ritesh Anand > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
