[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the followimg directory of mine, there is a file named > download2_RXTE_data.txt, which has been produced for unclear > reasons.
Because of the way the files are listed I suspect there is a space in the name. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dinggq]$ ls > article/ cxcds_param/ hexte/ oridata/ > SS433/ udata/ > CARPS/ download2_RXTE_data.txt hexte_calib_data pca/ temp/ zz/ > CirX-1/ download_RXTE_data.txt ihep/ pfiles/ > temp1/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dinggq]$ rm download2_RXTE_data.txt > rm: cannot lstat `download2_RXTE_data.txt': No such file or directory > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dinggq]$ > > Would you please tell me how to delete the garbage file > (download2_RXTE_data.txt) in the directory ? I would use 'ls -b' to escape the names and see what is really there. I suspect you will find an escaped space '\ ' somewhere in there. You can have the shell use wildcards to match. I would list it first because I would be wanting to know the reason. Then I would be removing it the same way. Best to use the -i option in this case. ls -ldb *download2_RXTE_data.txt* rm -i *download2_RXTE_data.txt* Hope that helps. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
