Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 11:14:42 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org To: Jack Winslade <jsw@iwww.sitel.net> Cc: Matthew Joseff <mjoseff@retribution.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wierd Directory listing Message-ID: <ML-3.4.939320082.54.patl@asimov> In-Reply-To: <199910071739.MAA16970@iwww.sitel.net>
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On 7-Oct-99 at 10:42, Jack Winslade (jsw@iwww.sitel.net) wrote: > The trick I use to remove unremovable files is to specify a pattern that > matches only the bad one. I would first try: > > rm *7* Just a note for the paranoid: When I need to do something like this, I use the sequence: ls *7* <Make sure it only listed the file(s) I want deleted> rm *7* And, while we are on the topic of deleting inconviently named files; the easiest way to delete a file that starts with a dash is to put './' in front. E.g., rm ./-r -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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