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Asked: 2026-05-27T02:16:19+00:00

My LAMP web server renders backup files like these: !index.php !~index.php bak.index.php Copy%20of%20index.php I

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My LAMP web server renders backup files like these:

  • !index.php
  • !~index.php
  • bak.index.php
  • Copy%20of%20index.php

I tried deleting with rm but it cannot find the files.

Does this have something to do with bash or vim? How can this be fixed?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Escape the characters (with a backslash) like so:

    [ 09:55 jon@hozbox.com ~/t ]$ ll
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 jon people 0 Nov 27 09:55 !abc.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 jon people 0 Nov 27 09:55 ~qwerty.php
[ 09:55 jon@hozbox.com ~/t ]$ rm -v \!abc.html \~qwerty.php
removed '!abc.html'
removed '~qwerty.php'
[ 09:56 jon@hozbox.com ~/t ]$ ll
total 0
[ 09:56 jon@hozbox.com ~/t ]$
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