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| + | ====== Remove files or directories with strange names ====== | ||
| + | You sometime encounter files/directories with none printable characters in the name. | ||
| + | In order to remove such files/directories use the inode reference. | ||
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| + | First find the inode of the file/directory | ||
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| + | ls -il | ||
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| + | Output (example): | ||
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| + | 73302 drwx------. 2 root root 4096 May 14 14:10 05?? | ||
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| + | Remove the directory and all content: | ||
| + | find . -inum 73302 -exec rm -rfi {} \; | ||
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| + | You can leave the i (interactive) if you don't want any questions | ||
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| + | [[http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/delete-remove-files-with-inode-number.html]] | ||
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