Can't Remove Directory?

[Drew Lane]

Good trick.  I was able to rename it.

The whole filename was "43480\ /"

I guess the * wildcard would have worked too - forgot about that.

Now I have to figure out where the heck those extra characters are
coming from.

Regards,

Drew

mascarasnake wrote:

> Have you tried a tab compete? ala:
>     sudo rm -r 434[TABtoCOMPLETEFILENAME]
>
> just some pennies...
>
> Drew Lane wrote:
>
>>
>>> Drew, use "ls -q" and dollars to donuts you'll see a special 
>>> character in
>>> the filename. You can also use "find . -ls" in the above directory 
>>> and it
>>> will show you the filename.
>>>
>> Looks like you're on the right track.
>>
>> "ls -q" didn't show anything special, but "find . -ls" shows this:
>>
>> 476116   4   drwxr-xr-x   2   root   root   4096   Oct   4   23:07   
>> ./43480\
>>
>> Note the \ charachter at the end of the directory.
>>
>> None of the other directories have this.
>>
>> How do i get rid of this?  I tried mv 43480\ 43480 but it didn't work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Drew
>>
>>
>>
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