Can't Remove Directory?

Longman, Bill longman at sharplabs.com
Tue Oct 5 12:35:32 MDT 2004


> 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.

Two other tricks to put up your sleeve:

 ls -b shows you the octal values.

 rm -i is your friend.

Want to really sweat? Try: rm -i *

:-)


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