files stuck on desktop tried TERMINAL etc.

I have some mp3 files that wont delete from my desktop.

I tried using terminal as suggested in other threads:

name-name-mac-pro:~ name %sudo rm/Users/name/Desktop/06\ We\ Carry\ On.mp3
-bash: fg: %sudo: no such job
name-name-mac-pro:~ name$ %sudo rm -r/Users/name/Desktop/06\ We\ Carry\ On.mp3
-bash: fg: %sudo: no such job
name-name-mac-pro:~ name$

But i get the "no such job" answer. can anyone help.

Kind Regards

Mac pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 6, 2008 1:35 AM

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Nov 6, 2008 2:21 AM in response to Nis Bysted

Nis Bysted wrote:
I have some mp3 files that wont delete from my desktop.
name-name-mac-pro:~ name %sudo rm/Users/name/Desktop/06\ We\ Carry\ On.mp3
-bash: fg: %sudo: no such job
name-name-mac-pro:~ name$ %sudo *rm -r/*Users/name/Desktop/06\ We\ Carry\ On.mp3
-bash: fg: %sudo: no such job


Ah, what a difference a little space makes, after "rm"
*sudo rm /Users/name/Desktop/06\ We\ Carry\ On.mp3*


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