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Explain Like I'm Five
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The actual folder is 'folder'$'\003' .
In that case, I think you want
Note the double escape before
003, which will render to the character literal\Alternatively, start typing
And then hit tab until
fishautocompletes the directory you want to kill, and run it.Side note: i would absolutely not tolerate directories named like that lol
Thanks for the tip.
Is this some school task...? Why is there a folder with such a name 😅
Apparently yes. I'm learning things on my own.