Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:41:39 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Unix Tools <unixtools@hotmail.com> Cc: Brian McCann <bjm1287@ritvax.rit.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slightly OT: How to remove an odd file... Message-ID: <20021014184139.GB684@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <OE21zQJMj9E0MqFmD2T0000d633@hotmail.com> References: <004101c272c2$b27b1d70$1500a8c0@dogbert> <OE21zQJMj9E0MqFmD2T0000d633@hotmail.com>
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On 2002-10-14 10:02, Unix Tools <unixtools@hotmail.com> wrote: > "Brian McCann" <bjm1287@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> wrote: > > 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 #? > > cd to the directory where the file exists > write a perl script > > #!/usr/bin/perl > unlink " "; > exit(0); Or use quoting properly on the command line: # rm " " That seems a bit faster, and requires no Perl knowledge. Giorgos. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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