From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!u1100a!sdo Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Re: rm ABC* Article-I.D.: u1100a.294 Posted: Wed Feb 23 16:55:43 1983 Received: Thu Feb 24 06:13:48 1983 Along the lines of files with strange characters in them, a funny thing happened to a member of my group today (at least we thought it was funny). He had a file name with an ampersand in it. He tried to remove it by saying rm *&* If you can't figure out what happens, try it in an unimportant directory. Scott Orshan Bell Labs Piscataway 201-981-3064 houxm!u1100a!sdo