On August 29, 2005 13:42, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: > On Monday 29 August 2005 01:32 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > | magnet wrote: > | > Hi, managed to download some rogue files by mistake using p2p and now > | > I cannot delete them. No matter what I do they appear listed as > | > present in konqueror or konsole window. > | > > | > Files all start with ":123 filename.gif". > | > > | > I have tried rm and shred but the shell complains it cannot lstat the > | > file and "No such file or directory" > | > ls -a returns a list of these 3 files in the directory. > | > > | > Can anyone help me delete these files please? > | > > | > regards > | > magnet > | > | The problem, as you have discovered by now, is the : at the start of > | the file name, and the space in the file name. You can put quotes > | around them, and others have stated. Or you can escape the : by using > | \: instead of : - you can escape the space the same way. This allows > | things like rm \:123\ *.gif to match all the strange .gif files... You > | can check what would be matched by using ls instead of rm. > | > | Mikkel > > I forgot all about regular expressions. I suppose do not use them enough, > although I do use them in my procmailrc file ...
You can also do an "rm -i *" (or "*.gif", or whatever wildcard you like), then press "y" for files you want to delete, and "n" for ones you don't. It's a convenient way to clean-up, unless there are a huge number of files to go through. -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green
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