Hi Ralph, Thanks for the suggestion. That would be a lot of work, but do-able. The solution that Thomas suggested worked. i.e: mv control-v+control-k k-file where control-x is the control character. that is, the control-v escapes the following control character. Then it's an easy m;atter to examine/delete/whatever the k-file. This group is great! Thanks guys! --terry On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 12:02:15PM -0700, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > Wow! Where did that file come from (retorical question)? You might > try the following, taking care to keep track of directory and file > permissions if necessary--especially if system files are involved! > Try moving all of the other files and subdirectories from the > directory where the ^k file is, then removing the directory where the > ^k file is with `rm -r <dirname>`, recreating the directory with > `mkdir <dirname>`, and then moving all of the wanted files and > subdirectories back in to the new empty directory. After a few simple > attempts, I was not able to create a ^k file unless I used the > individual characters '^' and 'k' (as opposed to CTRL-K), but I was > able to create a file whose name consisted of a single space > character, and then remove it as described above. Note that if the > file name is actually made up of the characters '^' and 'k', a simple > remove command using the characters should remove it. HTH and have a > _great_ day. > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 02:18:35PM -0400, Terry D. Cudney wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > In this thread, how do I get rid of a file that shows up in an 'ls' listings as "^K". It is a zero length file, but persistently there. > > > > --terry > > > > -- > Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. > rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid > Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. > 1 = x^0 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Name: Terry D. Cudney Phone: (705) 422-0039 E-mail: terry at wasaga.dyns.net Web: wasaga.dyns.net Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like... having a peeing sectionin a swimming pool. Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
