Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:37:47 -0400 From: scott <scott@chronis.pobox.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wierd Directory listing Message-ID: <19991007143747.A80742@chronis.pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <ML-3.4.939320082.54.patl@asimov> References: <199910071739.MAA16970@iwww.sitel.net> <ML-3.4.939320082.54.patl@asimov>
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one can also delete stuff like this with dired mode in emacs. just run 'emacs .' in the offending directory. scott On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 11:14:42AM -0700, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: > On 7-Oct-99 at 10:42, Jack Winslade (jsw@iwww.sitel.net) wrote: > > The trick I use to remove unremovable files is to specify a pattern that > > matches only the bad one. I would first try: > > > > rm *7* > > Just a note for the paranoid: When I need to do something like > this, I use the sequence: > > ls *7* > <Make sure it only listed the file(s) I want deleted> > rm *7* > > And, while we are on the topic of deleting inconviently named > files; the easiest way to delete a file that starts with a dash > is to put './' in front. E.g., > > rm ./-r > > > -Pat > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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