brenner@ucunx1.san.uc.edu (David L. Brenner) (04/24/91)
I need to know how to remove a file from my account. Some background,
I had dialed in from home, and while saving a file, some linenoise came
across and got embedded in the file name. Well, this means I can't
access this file. I have tried all of the following:
%rm -i *
%rm *
%rm -rf *
all of them returned: 'file does not exist'.
The question is: how do I get rid of this file? Any and all help will
be greatly appriciated.
Thanks in advance,
David Brenner
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David L. Brenner brenner@ucunix.san.uc.edu
"Sorry, guys -- breaking into computers and writing a stupid virus
doesn't make you a hacker. It's not that easy."
-- Robert Stevenson, Computerworldc60b-1eq@e260-1e.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson) (04/25/91)
In article <1991Apr24.141633.26512@ucunx1.san.uc.edu> brenner@ucunx1.san.uc.edu (David L. Brenner) writes: >I need to know how to remove a file from my account. Some background, >I had dialed in from home, and while saving a file, some linenoise came >across and got embedded in the file name. Well, this means I can't >access this file. I have tried all of the following: > > %rm -i * > %rm * > %rm -rf * > >all of them returned: 'file does not exist'. Since you tried rm -rf I'll assume that the file is in a subdirectory. Move up one level and try rm -fr foo where foo is the name of the subdirectory. -- +==========================================================================+ | Noam Mendelson ..!ucbvax!web!c60b-1eq | "I haven't lost my mind, | | c60b-1eq@web.Berkeley.EDU | it's backed up on tape | | University of California at Berkeley | somewhere." |
pha21@seq1.keele.ac.uk (Braham Levy) (04/25/91)
In article <1991Apr24.141633.26512@ucunx1.san.uc.edu>, brenner@ucunx1.san.uc.edu (David L. Brenner) writes: > I need to know how to remove a file from my account. Some background, > I had dialed in from home, and while saving a file, some linenoise came anyone tried this recently ?? ls -li ..... get inode number for file in question find . -inum <inode number> -exec -rm {} \; this has worked for me for years... don't forget the "\;" they're needed. this saves having to junk a complete directory. braham j braham levy | UDSP Lab, EE JANET: brahamlevy@uk.ac.keele | Physics Department, USENET: brahamlevy@keele.ac.uk | University of Keele , Keele, UUCP: ...ukc!keele.ac.uk!brahamlevy | Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK. | +44-782-621111 ext 3943
weimer@garden.ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer (253-7796)) (04/26/91)
In article <1111@keele.keele.ac.uk>, pha21@seq1.keele.ac.uk (Braham Levy) writes: |> ls -li ..... get inode number for file in question |> find . -inum <inode number> -exec -rm {} \; ^ and when the find fails, just type (in csh): example% ^-rm^rm^ (Sorry, but it didn't work for removing -csh in my bin directory. :-) ) weimer@ssd.kodak.com ( Gary Weimer )