(in reference to problem of file having the name Icon\r where "\r" is actually a carriage return rather than a backslash followed by a lower-case r):
What happens if you type "ls -al" while defaulted to this directory? On 1/28/10, David K Watson <davidkirkwat...@gmail.com> wrote: > These are good suggestions, and OS X does have a built in > emacs, just type in "emacs" in Terminal. If you haven't used > it before, it is important to remember that you have to type > ^x^c (x and c with the control key held down) to exit emacs. > > However, sidestepping the more technical unix hacks for the > moment, what happens if you just try to change permissions for > the file using the Sharing and Permissions section of the Get info > window? What are the current owners and permissions for the > file and for its parent folder? > > Getting back to the command line, one thing that occurs to me is > that you may not have the name exactly right (the uppercase i > might be a lower case L or there may be a space in the name > that you're not seeing, for example. To avoid this, in terminal, type > > rm -i > > with a space after the -i, then drag the file over the terminal window > and the path to the file with the correct name will magically appear, with > special characters like "\" handled appropriately. Hit the return key, > and if the only problem was getting the name right, the file should be > deleted. If that doesn't work, try it again using sudo, typing > > sudo rm -i > > and proceeding as before, typing your password at the prompt. > If you get an error message saying it is a directory, try removing > the file as above, but with > > rm -r > > in place of rm -i, and if that fails, try this with sudo. > > >> From: Michael Fernando <michael....@gmail.com> >>> >>> rm -i "Icon\\r" >>>> rm -i 'Icon\\r' >>>> rm -i "Icon\r" >>>> rm -i 'Icon\r' >>>> >>> >>> Alas no. >>> >>> Even the dread rm * fails to conquer. >>> >>> >> >> A couple of ideas: >> >> 1) move everything else out of that directory. >> >> cd .. >> \rm -rf <that directory name> >> >> >> 2) I'm not sure if OSX comes with emacs, but I've used emacs' directory >> mode >> to delete files with funny characters in the filenames. >> >> start emacs >> ^x^v (that's ctrl-x; ctrl-v) and give the directory name (not the file >> name) >> You will get a directory listing. >> move the cursor to the filename, then "d" for delete >> Then "x" for expunge the file marked with d. >> exit emacs with ^x^c >> >> 3) (yeah, three is more than a couple ...) >> Perhaps, a different shell may have better filename completion? Does OSX >> have tcsh? >> start tcsh; then \rm -f Ico<tab> and see if it completes the filename with >> the proper escape character? >> >> >> Uh ... why can't you use the Finder window to navigate to the file and >> drag >> it to Trash? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
