How do I remove a stubborn file?

David L. Brenner brenner at ucunx1.san.uc.edu
Thu Apr 25 00:16:33 AEST 1991


I need to know how to remove a file from my account.  Some background,
I had dialed in from home, and while saving a file, some linenoise came
across and got embedded in the file name.  Well, this means I can't
access this file.  I have tried all of the following:

    %rm -i *
    %rm * 
    %rm -rf *

all of them returned: 'file does not exist'.  

The question is: how do I get rid of this file?  Any and all help will
be greatly appriciated.

Thanks in advance,
David Brenner

-- 
David L. Brenner                         brenner at ucunix.san.uc.edu
"Sorry, guys -- breaking into computers and writing a stupid virus
 doesn't make you a hacker.  It's not that easy."
  -- Robert Stevenson, Computerworld



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