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To: Mauricio Marquez <mmarquez@enlace.net>
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Subject: Re: deleting a nasty directory entry
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Mauricio Marquez wrote:
> =

> Well, thanks to all that have responded but i still have the file or
> directory (i have no idea which it is).
> =

> I tried with both " and =B4. rm "stuff" returns Unmatched `. rm =B4stuf=
f=B4
> returns No such file or directory.
> =

> I went with rm -i * but it says some weird characters (different that w=
hat
> appears in the ls display) is a directory. Now there=B4s no way I can m=
atch
> those weird characters to try to do an RMDIR =B4weird chars=B4 and ther=
e=B4s no
> RMDIR -i option.
> =

> Any other ideas?

The really easy way would be to get a copy of midnight commander and
delete it with that.  Midnight commander is available in the ports
collection.


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