Here is an example. This is a filename with an invalid character, "-", in front of it.
# cd /tmp
# ls
-esofthub
# rm /-esofthub
or
# rm -- -esofthub
or by inode
# ls -i
# find . -inum 968746 -exec rm -i {} \;
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Delete a Filename with an Invalid Character
Once in awhile, you will have to delete a file name that was created with an invalid character. Frankly speaking, this can be a little tricky to deal with.
Here is an example. This is a filename with an invalid character, "-", in front of it.
# cd /tmp
# ls
-esofthub
# rm /-esofthub
or
# rm -- -esofthub
or by inode
# ls -i
# find . -inum 968746 -exec rm -i {} \;
Here is an example. This is a filename with an invalid character, "-", in front of it.
# cd /tmp
# ls
-esofthub
# rm /-esofthub
or
# rm -- -esofthub
or by inode
# ls -i
# find . -inum 968746 -exec rm -i {} \;
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6 comments:
Thanks. I've had to use this twice so far.
I appreciate the comment and glad the post was able to help you.
Hey thanks. I had a file named \ (backslash).
to get rid of it:
rm -i {} \;
worked.
this really helped a lot
thanks!
- hectorjohn@yahoo.com
hectorjohn,
I'm glad you found it useful and thank you for your comment.
Roy
This is really cool! It help me a lot to delete these wired files. Thanks for posting it.
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