I am a beginner with Linux / Ubuntu, and I'm trying to remove / delete a file.
The specific is a wallet I created in Electrum to import a paper wallet; I can see the wallet in the file list but can't delete it.
I do understand that one uses the rm
command in the Terminal, but I am not sure how to word the actual command. The file I'm trying to delete is home/duncan/.electrum/wallets/import key
, but but if I type that into the Terminal it is rejected – i.e.
rm home/duncan/.electrum/wallets/importkey
is rejected.
Best Answer
Mind the space! That tells "rm" there will be a 2nd file after the 1st one.
And since it is 1 file you need to take care of the space. What will work:
or
by "escaping" the space or
(keep hitting tab til it shows the file name).
/home/duncan
can be abbreviated by~
(ie.rm ~/.electrum/wallets/"import key"
)The file name was Import_keys. So the shorthand version for Duncan:
No need for "'s. The capital I probably was the culprit.