Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There was a thread a while back about deleting weird files. Just for > people interest I had to remove some strange ones today. They were as > follows: > > - ---------- 1 username users 0 May 2 1970 ?? > - ---------- 1 username users 0 May 2 1970 ?????? > - ---------- 1 username users 0 May 2 1970 ?????????? > > > Don't know how they made them, but trying rm '??' or rm \?\? or others > didn't work. I eventually did rm -rfi *, and said no to everything else. > However the strange files came up as follows: > > rm: remove `ÿø'? y > rm: remove `ÿøÿÿÿø'? y > rm: remove `ÿøÿÿÿøÿÿÿø'? y > > > Weird huh? Anybody know why they look different in the directory listing?
Try using a 'ls -b' to get a listing where control characters are converted to octal format. You probably should be careful using 'rm -rfi' since I have heard people say that on some systems the '-f' option will override the '-i' and ignore it. -- Carl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
