Removing annoying emacs error files

[ecks]

Whenever I use emacs, sometimes I accidentally exit out without saving. It asks me if it wants to save them but saves the old file in a weird #file# type. I cannot delete this using rm because sh treates it as a comment. Does anyone know how I can delete them somehow without exiting the console?

[mdwatts]

Does emacs have a option to remove old backup files?

Are you only using text mode or a gui which has a file manager that might delete those files?

Midnight Commander ( mc ) ??

[ecks]

yeah, I can delete it just fine in konqueror, but I'm usually using a CLI so I was wondering if there's an easier way. And I don't have mc.

[GaryJones32]

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