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Subject: Re: Slightly OT: How to remove an odd file...
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cd to the directory where the file exists
write a perl script

#!/usr/bin/perl
unlink "   ";
exit(0);


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian McCann" <bjm1287@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 07:43 PM
Subject: Slightly OT: How to remove an odd file...


> I've got an interesting question for you all.  I've got a file who's
> name is "   "...3 blank spaces.  It shows up when I do an ls -la, and I
> can get it's inode # (it's in RedHat...a box I'm going to convert to
> FreeBSD real soon)...does anyone know how to remove a file based off of
> an inode #?
> 
> --Brian McCann
> 
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