If you get really desperate, cd to the dir it's in and do: % ls -i to get the inode number. Then do: % find . -inum <num> -exec rm {} \; Where <num> is the inode number for the file, which is what ls told you. Some find's will honor: % find . -inum <num> -unlink Have fun, Andy Valencia vandys%hpindda.UUCP at hplabs.hp.com