how to del the file

[Asif_8]

Hi!
At my root filesystem / I try to del but I can not del this file

-rw------- 1 root root 103587840 Mar 26 \dpdata\IDB1

I get this message rm:dpdataIDB1 non-existent

[RAC_1 · Accepted solution]

rm -i *dpdata* will do that.

The file has special characters in it's name.
ls -b, ll|cat -v will show that.

Anil

[Nicolas Dumeige]

use ls -b to see any control caractere in the filename

"with caution" You can try /bin/rm -i * , rm will prompt for confirmation before actually doing the deletion.

You can protect the name between simple quote ' ; it could be the problem with a file with the slash caracter.

You can use emacs ...

There are planty of solution

[Sathish C]

Hi
Not sure if you have got what you wanted , anyway

you can do a ls-q to see what other hidden characters are there with the file name ,
i would normally do the following

rm -i ./** ( you can type the first few leter and Esc Key too.