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Date:      Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:06:03 -0500
From:      John <papalia@udel.edu>
To:        Mauricio Marquez <mmarquez@enlace.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: deleting a nasty directory entry
Message-ID:  <4.1.20000203120507.00a24810@mail.udel.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20000203105930.017d86e0@enlace.net>

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Putting the directory name inside single quotes should do the trick for=
 you...

Ex: =20
rmdir '???`???Nop???KUI??o?N?k'

I just checked it out and it works fine on my system (3.3).

Good luck,
John

>How do I go about deleting a nasty directory entry that goes something=
 like:
>
>???`???Nop???KUI??o?N?k
>
>If I try rm I get Unmatched ` . Big mistake if I try rm ???*.* or something
>similar.
>
>It just bothers me that it=B4s there everytime I ls.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mauricio
>
>
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