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Unix shell / ssh - How to remove folder "backups\r\r"

I accidentally created a directory named: backups\r\r. Any attempt at deleting it failed!

How can this directory be deleted?

Solution

  • use ANSI-C quoting: rmdir $'backups\r\r'

    or delete interactively with pattern matching: rmdir -i backups??