Remove a file named '

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I accidentally created a file named '. Is there a simple way to delete this in bash? Unfortunately, there is already default behavior for rm '.

can you post the command that created it? that could also give a clue to delete it — Sundeep, Oct 25, 2016 at 16:14
If you want to delete your question, you can do so yourself. You should see a "delete" button under it. However, please don't let a couple of downvotes get you down. We've all done silly things and we were all newbs before becoming experts. I think the downvoters didn't realize just how hard it is to search for special characters on search engines. — terdon, Oct 25, 2016 at 16:52

heemayl · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-25 17:41:54Z

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Using double quotes around ':

rm "'"

Using single quote, and escaping:

rm \'

answered Oct 25, 2016 at 16:11

heemayl

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rm \' also works
– Joseph R.
Oct 25, 2016 at 16:13
@JosephR. Actually was in the middle of incorporating this :)
– heemayl
Oct 25, 2016 at 16:15
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...and in the general case rm -i ? could help, since ? is a wildcard representing any a single character
– roaima
Oct 25, 2016 at 18:53
Just to have some other option: rm $'\'' also works. ;-)
– user232326
Oct 26, 2016 at 1:54

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