Re: ls file exist, but can't access.

2012-09-26 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
lina writes: > $ ls -lrt > total 8 > -rw-r--r-- 1 lina lina 367 Sep 27 00:15 RET > drwx-- 2 lina lina 4096 Sep 27 00:16 auto-save-list > > $ ls -lrt RET > ls: cannot access RET: No such file or directory > > $ cat RET > cat: RET: No such file or directory > > $ rm RET > rm: cannot remove `R

Re: ls file exist, but can't access.

2012-09-26 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:48:38 PM Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > That's the main reason I always use a fixed-pitch font for CLI stuff and > > email. > > So why was your post HTML? Hoist on me own petard! I thought I had all that turned off long ago. It keeps sneaking back, though. --

Re: ls file exist, but can't access.

2012-09-26 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 26/09/12 17:46, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:33:42 PM lina wrote: > >> $ ls -lrt > >> total 8 > >> -rw-r--r-- 1 lina lina 367 Sep 27 00:15 RET > >> drwx-- 2 lina lina 4096 Sep 27 00:16 auto-save-list > > > > Look closer: there's a space you are overlooking

Re: ls file exist, but can't access.

2012-09-26 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:33:42 PM lina wrote: > $ ls -lrt > total 8 > -rw-r--r-- 1 lina lina 367 Sep 27 00:15 RET > drwx-- 2 lina lina 4096 Sep 27 00:16 auto-save-list Look closer: there's a space you are overlooking. ls -ls " RET" might work, and ls -ls *RET will definitely w

Re: ls file exist, but can't access.

2012-09-26 Thread lina
On Thursday 27,September,2012 12:38 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > lina: >> >> $ ls -lrt >> total 8 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 lina lina 367 Sep 27 00:15 RET >> drwx-- 2 lina lina 4096 Sep 27 00:16 auto-save-list > > It looks like the file is not named "RET" bus " RET" instead. Quote the > whitespace and

Re: ls file exist, but can't access.

2012-09-26 Thread Jochen Spieker
lina: > > $ ls -lrt > total 8 > -rw-r--r-- 1 lina lina 367 Sep 27 00:15 RET > drwx-- 2 lina lina 4096 Sep 27 00:16 auto-save-list It looks like the file is not named "RET" bus " RET" instead. Quote the whitespace and you should be able to read/delete it. J. -- I wish I had been aware enou

ls file exist, but can't access.

2012-09-26 Thread lina
$ ls -lrt total 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 lina lina 367 Sep 27 00:15 RET drwx-- 2 lina lina 4096 Sep 27 00:16 auto-save-list $ ls -lrt RET ls: cannot access RET: No such file or directory $ cat RET cat: RET: No such file or directory $ rm RET rm: cannot remove `RET': No such file or directory :~/.e