Stupid question...

[James Cameron]

>>>>> On 27 May 91 22:56:30 GMT, ljcummings at poppy.uwaterloo.ca said:
||> Originator: ljcummings at poppy.waterloo.edu


||>    Hi! This is a stupid question I know.. but somehow I've created a file
||> called !* in my bin directory.  How do I get rid of it?

[...deleted script of attempts at removing the file '!*'...]

||>    James cummings


	Since '!' is a special character it needs to be escaped.  
	The solution to your problem is:

% rm '\!*'  

	That is all there is to it.  You should take a look at bourne
	and c shell books;  or check the man pages under sh(1) and 
	csh(1).  Hope that helps!

jc

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