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What is it saying in my terminal ? (retrofed.com)
submitted 2 days ago by LoveEspresso@retrofed.com to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 points 2 days ago (7 children)

They are using fish, FYI. Not sure how much of a difference this makes.

[–] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 0 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The actual folder is 'folder'$'\003' .

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In that case, I think you want

rm -rf "'folder'\$'\\003'"

Note the double escape before 003, which will render to the character literal \

Alternatively, start typing

rm -rf \'fo

And then hit tab until fish autocompletes the directory you want to kill, and run it.

Side note: i would absolutely not tolerate directories named like that lol

[–] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the tip.

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