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From: pha21@seq1.keele.ac.uk (Braham Levy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How do I remove a stubborn file?
Summary: why not use find ??
Message-ID: <1111@keele.keele.ac.uk>
Date: 25 Apr 91 13:07:55 GMT
References: <1991Apr24.141633.26512@ucunx1.san.uc.edu>
Organization: University of Keele, England
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In article <1991Apr24.141633.26512@ucunx1.san.uc.edu>, brenner@ucunx1.san.uc.edu (David L. Brenner) writes:
> I need to know how to remove a file from my account.  Some background,
> I had dialed in from home, and while saving a file, some linenoise came

anyone tried this recently ??

	ls -li   ..... get inode number for file in question
	find . -inum <inode number> -exec -rm {} \;

this has worked for me for years... don't forget the "\;" they're needed.
this saves having to junk a complete directory. 

braham


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