Problem removing a file
Norman Joseph
norm at oglvee.UUCP
Tue Jan 31 01:45:35 AEST 1989
>From article <695 at flatline.UUCP>, by erict at flatline.UUCP (The Evil Mel Fujitsu):
>
> Ok, I've really done it now. I've created, in my home directory,
> a file by the name of:
> -ef
>
> None of the following rm options work: *f, *ef, -*f, -i *
>
> Any hints/suggestions?
Two hints:
1) ls -i
2) find . -inum <n> -exec rm -i {} \;
(Caveat: I don't own or use a unix-pc, so I'm only guessing that these
commands with these options are available to you)
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Norm Joseph - Oglevee Computer System, Inc.
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