Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpcuhb!hpindda!vandys From: vandys@hpindda.HP.COM (Andy Valencia) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Re: an rm question -- how to rm a file -b Message-ID: <4470003@hpindda.HP.COM> Date: 19 Apr 88 20:28:59 GMT References: <27133@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Organization: HP Technical Networks, Cupertino, Calif. Lines: 17 If you get really desperate, cd to the dir it's in and do: % ls -i to get the inode number. Then do: % find . -inum -exec rm {} \; Where is the inode number for the file, which is what ls told you. Some find's will honor: % find . -inum -unlink Have fun, Andy Valencia vandys%hpindda.UUCP@hplabs.hp.com