How to rm a file that starts with \\

[Nicholas Romany_1]

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?

[Bernhard Mueller]

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

[A. Clay Stephenson]

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.

[Jean-Louis Phelix · Accepted solution]

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.

[Nicholas Romany_1]

I tried the wildcards and it worked.
Thanks all