Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 13:47:32 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: patl@phoenix.volant.org, Jack Winslade <jsw@iwww.sitel.net>, Matthew Joseff <mjoseff@retribution.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wierd Directory listing Message-ID: <37FD06E4.493CE762@bigfoot.com> References: <199910071739.MAA16970@iwww.sitel.net> <ML-3.4.939320082.54.patl@asimov> <19991007203833.D316@marder-1>
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I prefer
ls -i
(look at inode number of funny file)
find -inum {number} -delete
As long as you get the inode number right, there's no chance of deleting
any file but the file you want to delete.
Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> 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*
> >
>
> Another one is to use ``rm -i *'', but be careful about answering
> ``y'' :) It worked for me. Curiously, ``rm -i'' displayed the
> offending chars differently to ls(1) which, as in the example, just
> uses the wildcard ``?'' Hmm.
>
> > 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
> >
> >
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