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[-] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 1 points 1 day ago
[-] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

You put an extra backslash in there, it should be rm -r "folder'\$'003"

[-] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 1 points 1 day ago

After this, i gave the ls command, and it's showing up.

[-] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Did you try with bash autocomplete?

rm -r folder

And see how it spells it? Also you could wildcard depending on what you (don't) want to delete in the process.

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2026
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