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[-] one_old_coder@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
  1. Try !learn_programming@programming.dev next time, you'll get downvoted here.
  2. Don't put everything in your home directory (I see ~ in the path), create a folder named Projects or something like that, and work there.
  3. Try to see if your shell has tab-completion. Type folder<TAB><TAB> (the TAB key twice) and see if your offending folder is selected, that would be easier. Or better, type rm -r folder<TAB><TAB>.
  4. Don't put $ or special characters like ? in your names, it's always a bad idea.
[-] 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.

[-] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 3 points 1 day ago
[-] flyingSock@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

try rm -rf folder and then press tab to autocomplete the folder name for you

[-] redlemace@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The $ is unquoted and so it's interpreted as a if variable name will follow. That does not happen (a literal string follows the $) so it casts an error

You probably are looking for this : rm -r 'folder'$'003'

The slash will cause the shell or interpret the next character literally (as as $ and not as variable indicator)

[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 7 points 1 day ago

You should wrap rm -r 'folder'\$'003' in backticks, because in my Lemmy client the backwards slash wasn't showing.

[-] 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.

[-] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 0 points 1 day ago

@remon@ani.social what would you say in this particular case ??

[-] remon@ani.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is there an important reason why this folder needs to be deleted? If not I'd just leave it and move on.

[-] LoveEspresso@retrofed.com 1 points 22 hours ago

The only important reason l would state is that why wouldn't it go ?

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2026
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