[ALUG] Removing unwanted files

[Barry Chater]

On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 08:43 +0000, Jenny Hopkins wrote:
> On 04/02/07, Barry Chater <ourpost at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > barry2006 at barry2006-laptop:~$ sudo rm pavcl_linux.tgz
> > Password:
> > rm: cannot remove `pavcl_linux.tgz': No such file or directory
> > barry2006 at barry2006-laptop:~$
> >
> > and this is the file i am trying to remove
> >
> > barry/pavcl_linux.tgz
> >
> 
> What does it show if you do 'ls -l' from your command prompt in barry?
> 
> Jen

barry2006 at barry2006-laptop:~$ ls-l
bash: ls-l: command not found
barry2006 at barry2006-laptop:~$ 'ls-l'
bash: ls-l: command not found
barry2006 at barry2006-laptop:~$ 


thats what happens
been given tip to allow removal of file in nautilus
gksudo nautilus
this worked file deleted
but cannot understand why nothing worked in terminal
thanks
barry