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Date:      Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:45:54 +1000
From:      "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>
To:        <peter@sysadmin-inc.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: can't remove weird filename
Message-ID:  <03c501c08b16$d5547fc0$847e03cb@apana.org.au>
References:  <000301c08b15$51ade9a0$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>

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been there done that :) .... they way I've fixed it is to "adduser" some
dummy account, mv * the offending file into the dummy account, then "rmuser"
to delete the lot.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Brezny" <peter@sysadmin-inc.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:35 AM
Subject: can't remove weird filename


> I accidentally saved a file with vi that had characters created by the
arrow
> keys in it's name.
>
> the file appears as
> ?[B?[B?[B
>
> i've not been able to remove it.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Peter Brezny
> SysAdmin Services Inc.
>
>
>
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