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So I finally got my Ubuntu box up and running, ran the LAMP install, and successfully loaded up the apache2 webserver, and php5. The one thing I didn't want is for Ubuntu during the installation to take one whole 1TB drive that contained a ton of stuff, but it was a backup drive so no biggie. But now I was transferring pics to the /var/www location and it copied a directory that contains spaces. Terminal seems to hang when I use the rm command, any ideas would be appreciated, thanks guys.
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So I finally got my Ubuntu box up and running, ran the LAMP install, and successfully loaded up the apache2 webserver, and php5. The one thing I didn't want is for Ubuntu during the installation to take one whole 1TB drive that contained a ton of stuff, but it was a backup drive so no biggie. But now I was transferring pics to the /var/www location and it copied a directory that contains spaces. Terminal seems to hang when I use the rm command, any ideas would be appreciated, thanks guys.
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What exactly do you add after the "rm"?
– Paul Woitaschek
May 21 '12 at 0:02
usually after the rm i enter angelo's Pictures, then i tried Angelo'sPictures, and the terminal just went to a area where i could type in, hit enter but nothing would ever happend after that, and it stayed that way until I closed the terminal window.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:57
Forgot to add I had to enter the root password since i used sudo... i just used the rm -r and double quotes and that did the trick. Thanks for your response as well.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:04
Ah, then I think I know what the problem was in the first place: the single quote inAngelo'sis not seen as a character in the file name but as a special character. I bet that if you triedAngelo's Picturesit'll work.
– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 4:17
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So I finally got my Ubuntu box up and running, ran the LAMP install, and successfully loaded up the apache2 webserver, and php5. The one thing I didn't want is for Ubuntu during the installation to take one whole 1TB drive that contained a ton of stuff, but it was a backup drive so no biggie. But now I was transferring pics to the /var/www location and it copied a directory that contains spaces. Terminal seems to hang when I use the rm command, any ideas would be appreciated, thanks guys.
removing
asked May 20 '12 at 23:44
pewtersspewterss
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So I finally got my Ubuntu box up and running, ran the LAMP install, and successfully loaded up the apache2 webserver, and php5. The one thing I didn't want is for Ubuntu during the installation to take one whole 1TB drive that contained a ton of stuff, but it was a backup drive so no biggie. But now I was transferring pics to the /var/www location and it copied a directory that contains spaces. Terminal seems to hang when I use the rm command, any ideas would be appreciated, thanks guys.
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What exactly do you add after the "rm"?
– Paul Woitaschek
May 21 '12 at 0:02
usually after the rm i enter angelo's Pictures, then i tried Angelo'sPictures, and the terminal just went to a area where i could type in, hit enter but nothing would ever happend after that, and it stayed that way until I closed the terminal window.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:57
Forgot to add I had to enter the root password since i used sudo... i just used the rm -r and double quotes and that did the trick. Thanks for your response as well.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:04
Ah, then I think I know what the problem was in the first place: the single quote inAngelo'sis not seen as a character in the file name but as a special character. I bet that if you triedAngelo's Picturesit'll work.
– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 4:17
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1
What exactly do you add after the "rm"?
– Paul Woitaschek
May 21 '12 at 0:02
usually after the rm i enter angelo's Pictures, then i tried Angelo'sPictures, and the terminal just went to a area where i could type in, hit enter but nothing would ever happend after that, and it stayed that way until I closed the terminal window.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:57
Forgot to add I had to enter the root password since i used sudo... i just used the rm -r and double quotes and that did the trick. Thanks for your response as well.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:04
Ah, then I think I know what the problem was in the first place: the single quote inAngelo'sis not seen as a character in the file name but as a special character. I bet that if you triedAngelo's Picturesit'll work.
– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 4:17
1
1
What exactly do you add after the "rm"?
– Paul Woitaschek
May 21 '12 at 0:02
What exactly do you add after the "rm"?
– Paul Woitaschek
May 21 '12 at 0:02
usually after the rm i enter angelo's Pictures, then i tried Angelo'sPictures, and the terminal just went to a area where i could type in, hit enter but nothing would ever happend after that, and it stayed that way until I closed the terminal window.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:57
usually after the rm i enter angelo's Pictures, then i tried Angelo'sPictures, and the terminal just went to a area where i could type in, hit enter but nothing would ever happend after that, and it stayed that way until I closed the terminal window.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:57
Forgot to add I had to enter the root password since i used sudo... i just used the rm -r and double quotes and that did the trick. Thanks for your response as well.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:04
Forgot to add I had to enter the root password since i used sudo... i just used the rm -r and double quotes and that did the trick. Thanks for your response as well.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:04
Ah, then I think I know what the problem was in the first place: the single quote in
Angelo's is not seen as a character in the file name but as a special character. I bet that if you tried Angelo's Pictures it'll work.– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 4:17
Ah, then I think I know what the problem was in the first place: the single quote in
Angelo's is not seen as a character in the file name but as a special character. I bet that if you tried Angelo's Pictures it'll work.– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 4:17
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Your terminal hangs, that's very odd. In the terminal I'm usually able to remove spaces by escaping the space character with a backslash:
rm -r test dir
If that doesn't work, have you tried enclosing it in single or double quotes:
rm -r "test dir" or rm -r 'test dir'
Another idea would be to install a terminal file manager such as Midnight Commander and try to remove the file that way.
Good luck!
answered May 21 '12 at 0:04
TomasTomas
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+1 but...rm dirpath -rworks although it is undocumented, is at variance with the standard unixcommand -options file ...convention and just looks weird. It's probably better to keep to the standard habit. For exampleawk /etc/passwd -F: 'print $1'yields an error (even thoughcat /etc/motd -Eworks).
– msw
May 21 '12 at 0:40
Good call. The problem you mention seems not to exist forrm -r. I'll change my answer to make it a bit more neat.
– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 1:19
haven't tried the double quotes, i will give that a try.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:58
oh yeah, the double quotes worked like a charm, thanks guys.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:03
Also you can press Esc or tab to match files. If you enter the start of the name and hit either, it will auto-match the remainder.
– gecko
May 21 '12 at 2:12
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I had the similar issue that you had -
i had 2 directories "push_apk_to Playstore/" & push_apk_to_Playstore/ , & i had to delete the directory push_apk_to Playstore/
I finally resolved the issue by applying a statement sudo rm -rf push_apk_to Playstore
which successfully deleted the directory containing space .
answered Sep 27 at 7:27
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Your terminal hangs, that's very odd. In the terminal I'm usually able to remove spaces by escaping the space character with a backslash:
rm -r test dir
If that doesn't work, have you tried enclosing it in single or double quotes:
rm -r "test dir" or rm -r 'test dir'
Another idea would be to install a terminal file manager such as Midnight Commander and try to remove the file that way.
Good luck!
answered May 21 '12 at 0:04
TomasTomas
9491 gold badge8 silver badges20 bronze badges
+1 but...rm dirpath -rworks although it is undocumented, is at variance with the standard unixcommand -options file ...convention and just looks weird. It's probably better to keep to the standard habit. For exampleawk /etc/passwd -F: 'print $1'yields an error (even thoughcat /etc/motd -Eworks).
– msw
May 21 '12 at 0:40
Good call. The problem you mention seems not to exist forrm -r. I'll change my answer to make it a bit more neat.
– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 1:19
haven't tried the double quotes, i will give that a try.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:58
oh yeah, the double quotes worked like a charm, thanks guys.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:03
Also you can press Esc or tab to match files. If you enter the start of the name and hit either, it will auto-match the remainder.
– gecko
May 21 '12 at 2:12
add a comment
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Your terminal hangs, that's very odd. In the terminal I'm usually able to remove spaces by escaping the space character with a backslash:
rm -r test dir
If that doesn't work, have you tried enclosing it in single or double quotes:
rm -r "test dir" or rm -r 'test dir'
Another idea would be to install a terminal file manager such as Midnight Commander and try to remove the file that way.
Good luck!
answered May 21 '12 at 0:04
TomasTomas
9491 gold badge8 silver badges20 bronze badges
+1 but...rm dirpath -rworks although it is undocumented, is at variance with the standard unixcommand -options file ...convention and just looks weird. It's probably better to keep to the standard habit. For exampleawk /etc/passwd -F: 'print $1'yields an error (even thoughcat /etc/motd -Eworks).
– msw
May 21 '12 at 0:40
Good call. The problem you mention seems not to exist forrm -r. I'll change my answer to make it a bit more neat.
– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 1:19
haven't tried the double quotes, i will give that a try.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:58
oh yeah, the double quotes worked like a charm, thanks guys.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:03
Also you can press Esc or tab to match files. If you enter the start of the name and hit either, it will auto-match the remainder.
– gecko
May 21 '12 at 2:12
add a comment
|
Your terminal hangs, that's very odd. In the terminal I'm usually able to remove spaces by escaping the space character with a backslash:
rm -r test dir
If that doesn't work, have you tried enclosing it in single or double quotes:
rm -r "test dir" or rm -r 'test dir'
Another idea would be to install a terminal file manager such as Midnight Commander and try to remove the file that way.
Good luck!
answered May 21 '12 at 0:04
TomasTomas
9491 gold badge8 silver badges20 bronze badges
Your terminal hangs, that's very odd. In the terminal I'm usually able to remove spaces by escaping the space character with a backslash:
rm -r test dir
If that doesn't work, have you tried enclosing it in single or double quotes:
rm -r "test dir" or rm -r 'test dir'
Another idea would be to install a terminal file manager such as Midnight Commander and try to remove the file that way.
Good luck!
answered May 21 '12 at 0:04
TomasTomas
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edited May 21 '12 at 1:19
answered May 21 '12 at 0:04
TomasTomas
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answered May 21 '12 at 0:04
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answered May 21 '12 at 0:04
TomasTomas
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9491 gold badge8 silver badges20 bronze badges
+1 but...rm dirpath -rworks although it is undocumented, is at variance with the standard unixcommand -options file ...convention and just looks weird. It's probably better to keep to the standard habit. For exampleawk /etc/passwd -F: 'print $1'yields an error (even thoughcat /etc/motd -Eworks).
– msw
May 21 '12 at 0:40
Good call. The problem you mention seems not to exist forrm -r. I'll change my answer to make it a bit more neat.
– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 1:19
haven't tried the double quotes, i will give that a try.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:58
oh yeah, the double quotes worked like a charm, thanks guys.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:03
Also you can press Esc or tab to match files. If you enter the start of the name and hit either, it will auto-match the remainder.
– gecko
May 21 '12 at 2:12
add a comment
|
+1 but...rm dirpath -rworks although it is undocumented, is at variance with the standard unixcommand -options file ...convention and just looks weird. It's probably better to keep to the standard habit. For exampleawk /etc/passwd -F: 'print $1'yields an error (even thoughcat /etc/motd -Eworks).
– msw
May 21 '12 at 0:40
Good call. The problem you mention seems not to exist forrm -r. I'll change my answer to make it a bit more neat.
– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 1:19
haven't tried the double quotes, i will give that a try.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:58
oh yeah, the double quotes worked like a charm, thanks guys.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:03
Also you can press Esc or tab to match files. If you enter the start of the name and hit either, it will auto-match the remainder.
– gecko
May 21 '12 at 2:12
+1 but...
rm dirpath -r works although it is undocumented, is at variance with the standard unix command -options file ... convention and just looks weird. It's probably better to keep to the standard habit. For example awk /etc/passwd -F: 'print $1' yields an error (even though cat /etc/motd -E works).– msw
May 21 '12 at 0:40
+1 but...
rm dirpath -r works although it is undocumented, is at variance with the standard unix command -options file ... convention and just looks weird. It's probably better to keep to the standard habit. For example awk /etc/passwd -F: 'print $1' yields an error (even though cat /etc/motd -E works).– msw
May 21 '12 at 0:40
Good call. The problem you mention seems not to exist for
rm -r. I'll change my answer to make it a bit more neat.– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 1:19
Good call. The problem you mention seems not to exist for
rm -r. I'll change my answer to make it a bit more neat.– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 1:19
haven't tried the double quotes, i will give that a try.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:58
haven't tried the double quotes, i will give that a try.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:58
oh yeah, the double quotes worked like a charm, thanks guys.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:03
oh yeah, the double quotes worked like a charm, thanks guys.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:03
Also you can press Esc or tab to match files. If you enter the start of the name and hit either, it will auto-match the remainder.
– gecko
May 21 '12 at 2:12
Also you can press Esc or tab to match files. If you enter the start of the name and hit either, it will auto-match the remainder.
– gecko
May 21 '12 at 2:12
add a comment
|
I had the similar issue that you had -
i had 2 directories "push_apk_to Playstore/" & push_apk_to_Playstore/ , & i had to delete the directory push_apk_to Playstore/
I finally resolved the issue by applying a statement sudo rm -rf push_apk_to Playstore
which successfully deleted the directory containing space .
answered Sep 27 at 7:27
sambitsambit
114 bronze badges
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I had the similar issue that you had -
i had 2 directories "push_apk_to Playstore/" & push_apk_to_Playstore/ , & i had to delete the directory push_apk_to Playstore/
I finally resolved the issue by applying a statement sudo rm -rf push_apk_to Playstore
which successfully deleted the directory containing space .
answered Sep 27 at 7:27
sambitsambit
114 bronze badges
add a comment
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I had the similar issue that you had -
i had 2 directories "push_apk_to Playstore/" & push_apk_to_Playstore/ , & i had to delete the directory push_apk_to Playstore/
I finally resolved the issue by applying a statement sudo rm -rf push_apk_to Playstore
which successfully deleted the directory containing space .
answered Sep 27 at 7:27
sambitsambit
114 bronze badges
I had the similar issue that you had -
i had 2 directories "push_apk_to Playstore/" & push_apk_to_Playstore/ , & i had to delete the directory push_apk_to Playstore/
I finally resolved the issue by applying a statement sudo rm -rf push_apk_to Playstore
which successfully deleted the directory containing space .
answered Sep 27 at 7:27
sambitsambit
114 bronze badges
answered Sep 27 at 7:27
sambitsambit
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answered Sep 27 at 7:27
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What exactly do you add after the "rm"?
– Paul Woitaschek
May 21 '12 at 0:02
usually after the rm i enter angelo's Pictures, then i tried Angelo'sPictures, and the terminal just went to a area where i could type in, hit enter but nothing would ever happend after that, and it stayed that way until I closed the terminal window.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 1:57
Forgot to add I had to enter the root password since i used sudo... i just used the rm -r and double quotes and that did the trick. Thanks for your response as well.
– pewterss
May 21 '12 at 2:04
Ah, then I think I know what the problem was in the first place: the single quote in
Angelo'sis not seen as a character in the file name but as a special character. I bet that if you triedAngelo's Picturesit'll work.– Tomas
May 21 '12 at 4:17