Thu, May 14, 2009 at 08:47:46PM -0400, Ryan Flannery may have written:
> I've been in similar situations countless times, but this one is
> throwing me a for a loop.
>
> I have a file that I'm trying to remove with non-printable characters
> in the name. Additionally, some of the characters appear to be
> backspace/delete/etc.
>
> All my normal tricks with rm(1) fail.
[ snip ]
Even
# pwd
/usr
# rm -i -- ??????????*
followed by very careful use of the y, n and Enter keys?
Matt.
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