.. or you could escape the space, using '\' ie. sudo rm this\ is\ pretty\ annoying.ext <div>On 10/25/06, Peter Garrett <<a href="mailto:peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au"> peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:59:56 -0400 smithveg < <a href="mailto:smithveg@gmail.com">smithveg@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hello, > > Normally, i just use the 'sudo rm filenames' to delete a file. But i can not > delete a filename like 'file to you.odt' > When i try to create launcher in desktop, i can noticed the command also > have the space inthe filename. But if i write in terminal, it prompt me file > not found. > > sudo rm file to you.odt ---> can not find the file. Why? Linux/Unix doesn't like spaces in file names :) You can usually tab-complete the name like this: sudo rm file <tab> or, you can put the file name in quotes like: sudo rm "file to you.odt" There is a reason for this, if you think about it - commands, options and arguments are separated with spaces on the command line, so it's tricky for the bash shell to guess which spaces meant what.... If there is a space it assumes the next word is a file name, so it interprets  file to you as 3 files ( file , to, you ) . Since those files don't exist, it complains ;-) When creating files I usually separate words using dots - like file.to.you.odt . You might prefer to use underscores, or hyphens. Peter -- ubuntu-au mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a> </blockquote></div> -- - nd.