[X-Unix] Can't rm or mv Library/Preferences/*.plist files?

[Stroller]

On 28 Jan 2014, at 04:13 pm, Jerry Krinock <jerry at ieee.org> wrote:
> ...
> Instead, you need to use the ‘defaults’ command line tool
> 
> • Quit the app
> • defaults remove com.whatever.whatever
> 
> where com.whatever.whatever is the name of the prefs file you would delete, minus the .plist extension.  Technically, it’s the bundle identifier of the app.

Many thanks - that worked perfectly. 

For the benefit of anyone else, reading this in an archive or something:

It's important to note that `defaults remove Library/Preferences/com.whatever.whatever.plist` doesn't work - you must remove both the leading path and the .plist extension. 

Stroller.