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From: dave@ucms.UUCP (Dave Settle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ugly file name
Summary: removing funny files - it's easy
Message-ID: <190@ucms.ucms.uucp>
Date: 22 May 89 12:15:04 GMT
References: <105096@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <9001@csli.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: dave@ucms.UUCP (Dave Settle)
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In article <9001@csli.Stanford.EDU> gandalf@csli.stanford.edu (Juergen Wagner) 
writes:
[talking about removing files with wierd names]
>Several alternatives have been suggested to uniquely identify the file
>to be removed. However, there are cases in which `rm' won't do the job
>of deleting the file because the shell which is used to run `rm' may
>strip the eighth bit off characters [some shells do]. In such cases, it
>is impossible to remove the file with `rm'. ...
>

Try 'rm -ri .'

Just keep hitting the return key until your file comes up, and then type 'y'.

No problems with 8th bits or any other stuff. Of course, if the file name
locks your terminal, this isn't going to work, but otherwise it's great!

Cheers,
	Dave