When i am trying to remove the underlined folder using the rm command, this is the result that is being shown. What does this mean ?? (retrofed.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by LoveEspresso@retrofed.com to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

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[-] one_old_coder@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Try !learn_programming@programming.dev next time, you'll get downvoted here.
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.
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>.
Don't put $ or special characters like ? in your names, it's always a bad idea.

[-] flyingSock@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

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

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