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Subject: Re: can't remove weird filename
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ls -i                                 # tells the i-node number of the
offender
find . -inum <inode number> -delete   # kills the cat.

Watch out not to traverse file system boundaries.

HTH
-Christoph Sold

SpaZ schrieb:
> 
> rm "bad filename" does not work?  as w/ quotes?
> 
> D
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Moore <archon@forbidden.dough.net>
> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 5:49 PM
> Subject: Re: can't remove weird filename
> 
> > On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 06:35:23PM -0500, Peter Brezny wrote:
> > > I accidentally saved a file with vi that had characters created by the
> arrow
> > > keys in it's name.
> > >
> > > the file appears as
> > > ?[B?[B?[B
> >
> > rm -i *
> >
> > hit 'y' when you get to that file, then ^C to quit.


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