non-printing character directory name

[Ridzuan Zakaria]

Hi,

How do I remove directory that has non-printing character directory name?

$ ls -lbd *
drwxr-sr-x 2 oracle dba 96 May 25 2004 \010\010\010\010

Thanks.

[Sean Dale]

You could try putting quotes around the filename.

[IT_2007]

use this command.

ls -lbd * -exec rm -rf {} \;

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

Hi,

# cd base_directory
# ls -i | grep 010
find the inode number of the directory

# find . -xdev -inum XXX -exec mv {} /tmp/new_directoy_name \;

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Ridzuan Zakaria]

Robert-Jan,

The command should be "ls -ib | grep 101" instead of "ls -i | grep 101" . I used your suggestion to remove the directory.

Thank for all your feedback.