Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:51:26 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> 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: <19991007215126.E817@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <37FD06E4.493CE762@bigfoot.com> References: <199910071739.MAA16970@iwww.sitel.net> <ML-3.4.939320082.54.patl@asimov> <19991007203833.D316@marder-1> <37FD06E4.493CE762@bigfoot.com>
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On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 01:47:32PM -0700, Ludwig Pummer wrote:
> 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.
>
Ah thanks. When I had one of these files to rm I recalled reading
something about using the inode number to delete it but a search
of the archives turned up nothing (I really don't trust that search
engine).
I'll make a note of this:)
> 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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