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Date:      Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:49:02 -0600
From:      Dennis Moore <archon@forbidden.dough.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't remove weird filename
Message-ID:  <20010130174902.A45939@forbidden.dough.net>
In-Reply-To: <000301c08b15$51ade9a0$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>; from peter@sysadmin-inc.com on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 06:35:23PM -0500
References:  <000301c08b15$51ade9a0$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>

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On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 06:35:23PM -0500, Peter Brezny wrote:
> 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

rm -i *

hit 'y' when you get to that file, then ^C to quit.

-- 
Dennis Moore                                         jesus sewed my pants
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archon@EFnet irc                                             mainly jesus
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