On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 05:30:21PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> server /etc/namedb/ # ls -la |more
> total 970
> -rw-r--r--   1 bind  bind   -    552 Aug  8  2000 ^L
> drwxr-xr-x   2 bind  wheel  -  10240 Jul 17 17:06 ./
> drwxr-xr-x  19 root  wheel  -   2560 Jul 17 17:20 ../
> 
> Can only be opened via (editor of choice) ?, e.g. pico ?
> 
> The file contains a zone file, from ages ago, but the original zone file is fine and
> is still there.
> 
> Even after a quick secondary backup of the whole directory, I am hesitant to
> perform a rm ? because the directory contains 100's of critical zone files.
> 
> Any safe way to remove it and why sometimes after an ls -la the file comes up
> as ^L and other times ? and only can be opened when you specify ?
> 
> Thank you! :)

rm <ctrl-v><ctrl-l>
The ctrl-v will allow you to remove any file that's named ctrl-something.

mike
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