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. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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