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[-] foggy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Those chars aren't what they seem. The $'\003' is how gnu renders a byte it can't print.

Do

rm -r (printf 'folder\003')

Printf is your friend here.

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2026
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