On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:35:08 -0500, "Barry Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> I have had luck with the following technique for deleting files that were
> incorrectly created with special characters in the filename (sometimes
> non-displayed characters):
> 
> Use find to develop a pattern unique to the file or files you want to
> delete, such as
> 
> find . -name '*RB*XA*' -print
> 
> Once you get the files in question listed, with no OTHER files listed,
> change the statement to
> 
> find . -name '*RB*XA*' -exec rm -f {} \;

Ahhh, I would use "-ok" instead of "-exec".

My $.02
Mike



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