Test to understand wildcard behaviour:
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$ touch JUNK .JUNK
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$ ls -1
JUNK
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$ ls -1a
.
..
JUNK
.JUNK
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$ ls -a *JUNK
JUNK
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$ ls -a .*JUNK
.JUNK
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$ rm *JUNK
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$ ls -1a
.
..
.JUNK
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$ rm .*JUNK
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$ ls -1a
.
..
kitepilot@twinbeech[/tmp/JUNK]$
As you can see above,
*file
is different than
.*file
and that's why your 'rm' didn't work.
Which is lucky indeed, because if you don't understand wildcards you will
sooner or later delete something that you didn't mean to.
I'd suggest you to get in the habit of running a
'ls ${wildcard}'
before a
'rm ${wildcard}'
to avoid holes in your feet... :)
ET
Michael Havens writes:
it doesn't like 'rm *lock* but only when I entered '.~lock*' instead of
the wildcard at the beginning.
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:51 PM, [email protected] <
[email protected]> wrote:
There are not 'invisible files'.
There is a 'convention' that states that files named '.something' are not
shown in a 'ls' listing it doesn't like 'rm *lock* unless some specific
switches are used.
The 'dot' at the beginning, however *IS* part of the name of the file.
Try a:
find . -type f
and you will find it every time.
ET
Michael Havens writes:
thanks... I figured it out. the lock file didn't delete when I originally
rm it. Apparently it doesn't like 'rm *lock*' but it liked 'rm .~lock*'. I
suppose it won't delete invisible files unless you explicitly tell it it
is
an invisible file.
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Stephen <[email protected]> wrote:
I would take a look at the rights and what user owns the file as a start.
On Jul 1, 2012 1:28 PM, "Michael Havens" <[email protected]> wrote:
Okay I rsynced things between my two computers but before I did so I
forgot to close libre calc. Now The file that was open on one of the
computers will not open on the other. I deleted the SingletonLock file
but
that didn't help any. I then tried deleting the file and then restoring
from back up but when I try to save the file the computer says that the
object is not accessable 'due to insufficient user rights'. What do I
do
to save the file. Also, when this happens again how do I open the file
that
will not open if deleting the SingletonLock file does not work?
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