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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list