From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!eiss!pyuxbb!mkg Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: rm -. and ?????? Article-I.D.: pyuxbb.134 Posted: Fri Jun 11 23:06:43 1982 Received: Sun Jun 13 02:17:01 1982 References: sdcsvax.2072 What I use to remove files that have "interesting" characters is rm -i * What you get is an individual yes/no question about removing each file in the directory. The best thing is that it works on ANYTHING. Someone I work with managed to create a file name that was a space! Marsh Gosnell BTL Piscataway (201) 981-2758 npois!pyuxbb!mkg