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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Funny file names
Message-ID: <10601@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 13-May-85 02:50:25 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 02:50:25 1985
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> What happens if one (by mistake) creates a file called `ctl-foo' and one
> didn't know that this was happening.  The next time they did an `ls'
> of that directory they'd get a `?' and it would be impossible to remove
> because they don't know the name.
> 
> Can someone explain this to me?

If "ls" showed the name as what it was, it could put your terminal into
a funny state.  Funny characters are being replaced by `?' to save some
grief.  To remove these things, either remove by inode number or else
try an interactive "rm".