Hi,
Try creating directory and move the file inside directory.
Remove directory including the file by issuing:
# rm -rf <newdirectory>
Neil
Message
From: Padiyath Sreekumaran [mailto:kumar.padiyath (AT) psi (DOT) ch]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 5:55 PM
To: redhat-list (AT) redhat (DOT) com
Subject: How to delete the following file
Hello,
By mistake I have created a file with the following name.
How can I delete the file? I tried different ways as given below
without
Success. This is a RedHat 3.0 installation.
#ls gives the following
-l `cap_to_path 0x34c23d0b 0x00008e9f 0x30298894 0xd1e6f358
0x030d8181 0x700400f9 0x0d818119 0x0006ff03`
# rm -l\ \`cap_to_path\ 0x34c23d0b\ 0x00008e9f\ 0x30298894\ 0xd1e6f358\
0x030d8181\ 0x700400f9\ 0x0d818119\ 0x0006ff03\`
rm: invalid option -- l
Try `rm ' for more information.
#ls -l directoryname shows the following output
-rw-r 1 root root 135168 Aug 24 14:10 -l `cap_to_path
0x34c23d0b 0x00008e9f 0x30298894 0xd1e6f358 0x030d8181 0x700400f9
0x0d818119 0x0006ff03`
# rm "-l \`cap_to_path 0x34c23d0b 0x00008e9f 0x30298894 0xd1e6f358
0x030d8181 0x700400f9 0x0d818119 0x0006ff03\`"
rm: invalid option -- l
Try `rm ' for more information.
Thanks in advance,
Kumar
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