rm files with queer characters

[Ron Bombard]

I have a few files in my "/" directory that have been unable to remove. Here's the type of file names:

-ef|grep rsta11
-ef|grep tofice
-ef|grep x1123

because of the "-" and the "|", I cannot seem to remove them. In the past I used to do a "ls -i" to get the inum for the files, then I'd do a
"find . -inum 172804 -ok rm -r {} \;"
to remove the inum. That dosen't seem to work anymore... like "ls" is not reporting the inum correctly. It just doesnt' find the file.

I've been able to login into the HPUX with a windows ftp client and delete file that way... but thats queer.

Any suggestions

[Jeff Machols]

if the file name is hello-c.c

rm "hello\-c.c"

hello?.txt

rm "hello\?.txt"

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

use the -i option on rm, like this:

rm -i *

and step through the files to remove them manually.

live free or die
harry

[Erik Allaert]

rm -i -- 'queer file name'

Laters

[Ron Bombard]

Thanks all!