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How to rm a file that starts with \\

Nicholas Romany_1 — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:42:11 GMT

I have a file that was created from SAP named \\gorfile01\user$\Mason_Geoff\My. I have tried rm -fi "\\gorfile01\user$\Mason_Geoff\My" it did not work. Any suggestions?

Re: How to rm a file that starts with \\

Bernhard Mueller — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:48:07 GMT

Hi,

List with inode #s:
ll -i |more
Substitute with the inode number the # sign in the line below - check using:
find . -xdev -inum # -exec ll {} \;
remove using:
find . -xdev -inum # -exec rm -i {} \;

Regards
Bernhard

Re: How to rm a file that starts with \\

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:48:14 GMT

Because the shell uses the "\" character as an escape. In order to get a single backslash you must always use two backslashes. For example "\r" quotes a carraige return. You need "\\" to get a backslash and thus four backslashes to get two.

Re: How to rm a file that starts with \\

Jean-Louis Phelix — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:54:28 GMT

Hi,

a simple rm -i should work if you use wildcards :

/home/phelix> ll *gor*
-rw-r--r-- 1 phelix CST 0 Dec 1 16:52 \\gorfile01\user$\Mason_Geoff\My
/home/phelix> rm -i *gor*
\\gorfile01\user$\Mason_Geoff\My: ? (y/n) y
/home/phelix> ll *gor*
*gor* not found
/home/phelix>

Regards.

Re: How to rm a file that starts with \\

Nicholas Romany_1 — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:09:21 GMT

I tried the wildcards and it worked.
Thanks all