Title: How do I deal with difficult to remove files? Question: Somehow I've gotten some files on my account that seem to have peculiar characters as part of their file names. How can I delete a file with some special characters in the file name? Answer: There are several ways to deal with this problem. This solution works on the Uniform Access Unix computers and uses a "file browser" utility which you may be familiar with as one of the functions within the Pine email program. The File Browser Method ----------------------- On Homer/Dante, you can access the file browser by first selecting "O - other" then "B - browse" from the menu. On Mead or Goodall at the Unix shell prompt you can use the command "pilot". You'll then have a UW PILOT screen listing the files and directories found in the home directory of your account. Use the necessary keys to move to the problem file. (Use "V [View]" if you need to move to a subdirectory.) Once the file is chosen, use "D Delete" to delete the file.