Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:38:33 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Cc: Jack Winslade <jsw@iwww.sitel.net>, Matthew Joseff <mjoseff@retribution.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wierd Directory listing Message-ID: <19991007203833.D316@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <ML-3.4.939320082.54.patl@asimov> References: <199910071739.MAA16970@iwww.sitel.net> <ML-3.4.939320082.54.patl@asimov>
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On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 11:14:42AM -0700, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote:
> 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*
>
Another one is to use ``rm -i *'', but be careful about answering
``y'' :) It worked for me. Curiously, ``rm -i'' displayed the
offending chars differently to ls(1) which, as in the example, just
uses the wildcard ``?'' Hmm.
> 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
>
>
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