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rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1632 / 2 Years ago, tue, april 5, 2022, 11:01:48

I just discovered that I can actually created a file named *.txt in Ubuntu.

Suppose I have a.txt b.txt and *.txt in my current directory.

How can I delete the third one using terminal? (rm *.txt will delete all)

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answered 2 Years ago zzlingots · Accepted Answer

You need to either escape or quote the wildcard:

rm '*.txt'

rm *.txt