[NTLUG:Discuss] Remove File With Unknown Chars

[Rick Renshaw]

Have you tried finding the file and deleting it like this:

find ./ -name "visit.gif*" -exec bash -c "rm \{\}" \;


--- On Fri, 8/15/08, Kenneth Loafman <kenneth at loafman.com> wrote:

> From: Kenneth Loafman <kenneth at loafman.com>
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Remove File With Unknown Chars
> To: "NTLUG Discussion List" <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 5:35 PM
> Folks,
> 
> Normally I can solve these problems, but I have managed to
> use wget and
> it created a file like so:
> 
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 ken ken 85 2008-08-14 23:50
> visit.gif?us1218628121
> 
> Problem is, I can't 'rm' it, can't remove
> the directory its in with 'rm
> -rf', and can't remove it with Nautilus.  Wildcards
> don't work, of
> course, and I can't see how to remove it.
> 
> Is there a disk editing tool to see what the directory
> entry looks like
> and fix it?
> 
> ...Ken
> 
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