Weird File Names (Removing them)
Jeff Tye sys adm
jeff at swusrgrp.UUCP
Mon Feb 20 14:58:41 AEST 1989
In article <91 at raider.MFEE.TN.US>, root at raider.MFEE.TN.US (Bob Reineri) writes:
> One of them has a file in his home directory that I can't get rid of to save
> my life. In a regular 'l' listing, it has a filename of the greek letter
> Sigma. Doing an l with the -b option reveals a value of '/744'. Anyone can
> give me a way to delete this annoying little file ? Thanks.
>
> rm refuses to recognize it, even if I just try to delete all files interactively. That is, 'rm -i *' skips over it.
Try this:
1) In the directory where the file is type:
ls -il *|more
2) Note the number in the left column corresponding to the file
that you want to remove. For example:
242 -rw------- 1 jeff group 29 Feb 19 21:47 junkfile
(The number on the left is the inode number)
3) Type this command (very carefully):
find . -inum inode -exec rm {} \; (return)
(where inode is the number found in step 2)
find . -inum 242 -exec rm {} \;
Voila'! It's gone.
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