From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!G:tut Newsgroups: net.followup Title: removing bad files Article-I.D.: populi.203 Posted: Sat Jun 12 16:05:31 1982 Received: Sun Jun 13 04:52:27 1982 I always thought the best way to remove files with bad names was rm -ri . That will work even on files beginning with periods, and on filenames containing metacharacters. I have never seen a file that couldn't be removed this way; "rm -i *" occasionally fails to match a name. But don't forget the -i! Bill Tuthill