Re: linux system problems

[Kevin Cole]

Other options include

  ls -i
  find -inum ### -exec rm {} \;

to delete it via its inode number, or using a GUI (or pseudo-GUI) like
Midnight Commander to select the filename from a menu or icon and delete 
via that.

On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 21:50:02 +0100, Erich Hoffmann wrote:
> > Now I find the following (big) file in my home directory:
> > 
> > ----------->cite
> > 
> > -rw--r--r-- 1 erich erich 1836856 Nov 27 20:16 diagsddddd @Include 
> > {\1_einlei.lou } \\
> > @Include { 2_fall.lou }  \\
> > # @Include { 3_autonomie.lou } _pages.ps  \\
> > 
> > ---------->end cite
> > 
> > (The line breaks are original, I marked them with \\ )
> > 
> > I don't understand the file, and I can neither delete nor rename etc. it
> > as ,,erich`` nor as ,,root``, the error message always says that the file
> > doesn't exist!
> 
> Hmm... maybe it's time to submit a definition of "quoting hell" to the
> Jargon file maintainer...
> In any case, that's what you're in at the moment. A few of the characters
> in that filename have special meanings in some or all shells. In order to
> refer to the file properly, you'd need to quote all of these characters.
> 
> The easiest way to remove it though is probably "rm --interactive diags*"
> and answering yes at the right point.
> 
> Some shells, in particular zsh, have very good tab completion. In such a
> shell, typing "rm diags" and then hitting the tab key completes the name,
> properly quoted.
> 
> HTH,
> Ray
> (who thinks address@hidden is probably a more relevant place
> to ask questions like this)
> 

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