On Friday May 7 2010 16:54:01 Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 05/07/2010 05:20 AM, Dj YB wrote: > > hello, > > > > I have managed somehow to create a file I can't delete now. > > probably a failed copy\download long ago. > > > > the output shows like that: > > > > [root@localhost 5]# ll > > total 1 > > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2010-05-07 12:07 24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi > > [root@localhost 5]# rm 24\ Season\ 5\ Episode\ 03.avi > > rm: remove regular file `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi'? y > > rm: cannot remove `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi': No such file or directory > > > > any advices how to fix this problem are welcome. > > it is possible that the file may contain a hidden character or special > character that renders what appears to be a space. . While I have not > encountered this on an NTFS mounted file system, one way might be is to > run emacs as root, and use dired to list, then delete the directory. Or > possibly the Gnome or KDE file manager. > > Another possible way in the command line is to key on a pattern: > 'rm *Episode*.avi' or possibly 'rm *24*.avi' [root@localhost 5]# rm *.* rm: remove regular file `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi'? y rm: cannot remove `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi': No such file or directory -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
