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    Noob trying to first time navigate File Manager to delete ._ files

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    • BuZzB
      BuZz administrators
      last edited by BuZz

      @pjft said in Noob trying to first time navigate File Manager to delete ._ files:

      cd arcade
      rm ._*.*
      cd ..
      

      To do all folders -

      rm -rf ~/RetroPie/roms/*/._*
      

      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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      • pjftP
        pjft @BuZz
        last edited by pjft

        @BuZz said in Noob trying to first time navigate File Manager to delete ._ files:

        rm -rf ~/RetroPie/roms//._

        Thanks for the Unix clarification.

        A question: would ._* also include files with extensions? (i.e. how strict is Unix with matching the asterisk character - do we need ._*.* ?)

        Cheers!

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        • BuZzB
          BuZz administrators @pjft
          last edited by BuZz

          @pjft It would. It will delete anything in any folder in roms starting with ._

          I assume you meant ._* and not .* - you need to use inline code markup on this forum or info will be lost as styling.

          To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          • pjftP
            pjft @BuZz
            last edited by

            @BuZz Got it - yes I did. I'll edit that. I struggled to use back-quotes with my current keyboard layout until recently. :)

            I believe DOS did only match empty file extensions if we omitted the last (.*), hence the question.

            Happy Easter weekend everyone!

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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators @pjft
              last edited by

              @pjft Yeah - dos treats extensions differently. Unix doesn't really have "extensions" in the same way - it has filenames, which can contain various characters. you can have lots of dots in a filename if you want for example.

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                ClarkNova @BuZz
                last edited by

                @BuZz So do I type in:

                rm -rf ~/RetroPie/roms//._

                While in the File Manager or after pressing F4 to exit out of Emulation Station?

                BTW "THANK YOU" EVERYONE - I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!!

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                • pjftP
                  pjft @ClarkNova
                  last edited by

                  @ClarkNova I don't know how the file manager works, but yes - if you exit EmulationStation to the command line via F4 and run that, that will work.

                  Do make sure to use the right command, though :) Copy exactly the one from Buzz, with asterisks and dots.

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                    ClarkNova @pjft
                    last edited by ClarkNova

                    @pjft I'm holding F4 while it boots and I'm still taken to the Emulation Station.

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                    • pjftP
                      pjft @ClarkNova
                      last edited by

                      @ClarkNova sorry it wasn't clear. You press f4 when in ES. Or alternative just navigate to the menu and select Exit ES.

                      Use Buzz's command exactly as it's spelled.

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                        ClarkNova
                        last edited by ClarkNova

                        Okay, it looks like I have it running pretty clean now. Thank you all so much. Next I'll try to figure out how to add Famicom CDS, Super Famicom, Virtual Boy and maybe Game & Watch directories/roms to my build. Time to start hunting through the threads [slaps and rubs hands together in eager excitement] :)

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