====== BASH - Files - Delete files with control characters in their filenames ======

To delete files with control characters in them like ^M or ^L use the control-V shell feature.

  * This tells many shells to interpret the next input character as a literal character (instead of as a control character).  

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To delete a file with a space before the CTRL-L " ^L" you would issue the following keystrokes in this order (separated by commas) r,m, ,\, ,CTRL-v,CTRL-l.

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  The **\** escapes the space.
</WRAP>

The command looks like:

<code bash>
rm \ ^L
</code>