Git delete a file with space in name

Question

I have added a file and also committed `webpageone fresh.rhtml`. I left a space in the name. When I a try to remove it, using: ``` git rm -f /webpageone fresh.rhtml ``` I get this error: ``` pathspec '/webpageone' did not match any files. ``` I tried removing another file and it worked... So the problem is the spacing. How can I remove this?

Accepted Answer

That's a shell problem, not a git problem. You need to escape the space. This should work:

```
git rm -f /webpageone\ fresh.rhtml
```

I guess this should also work:

```
git rm -f "/webpageone fresh.rhtml"
```

Git delete a file with space in name

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