On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 08:43 +0000, Jenny Hopkins wrote:

On 04/02/07, Barry Chater ourpost@tiscali.co.uk wrote:

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barry2006@barry2006-laptop:~$ sudo rm pavcl_linux.tgz Password: rm: cannot remove `pavcl_linux.tgz': No such file or directory barry2006@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@barry2006-laptop:~$ ls-l bash: ls-l: command not found barry2006@barry2006-laptop:~$ 'ls-l' bash: ls-l: command not found barry2006@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