CentOS how to delete files in |MOUNT_POINT|

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When I was looking for big files that were using a lot of space on my CentOS VM, I noticed the following:

/home/|MOUNT_POINT|/backup/11-17-14/custom/home/user1.tar.gz
/home/|MOUNT_POINT|/backup/11-17-14/custom/home/user2.tar.gz
/home/|MOUNT_POINT|/backup/11-17-14/custom/home/user3.tar.gz
/home/|MOUNT_POINT|/backup/11-17-14/custom/home/user4.tar.gz
/home/|MOUNT_POINT|/backup/11-17-14/custom/home/user5.tar.gz
/home/|MOUNT_POINT|/backup/11-17-14/custom/home/user6.tar.gz

I would like to delete these backup files, however I see no /home/backup/, nor /backup/ and I can't enter the |MOUNT_POINT| directory itself. What can I do?

Exactly how did you try to enter |MOUNT_POINT|? – mdpc Nov 18 '14 at 17:26 — mdpc, Nov 18 '14 at 17:26
I tried entering with `cd |MOUNT_POINT|` – user2019515 Nov 18 '14 at 17:43 — user2019515, Nov 18 '14 at 17:43

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '14 at 17:38

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Some possibilities:

To cd into the directory, use one of the following:

cd '/home/|MOUNT_POINT|'
cd /home/\|MOUNT_POINT\|

To remove the stuff:

rm /home/\|MOUNT_POINT\|/backup/11-17-14/custom/home/user?.tar.gz

answered Nov 18 '14 at 17:38

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