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On Tuesday 01 March 2005 12:33, Xavier Maillard wrote:

> My best bet on this issue is to list this by inode -i.e. ls -i
> and then track this inode using the inum switch of the find
> command to delete the item.

Ouch.  "rm -- fileWithWeirdName" is usually a lot easier.  For example, if=
=20
you create a file named "-", then "rm -- -" will get rid of it.
=2D-=20
Kirk Strauser

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