It probably contains an unprintable control character or an extra space. Try doing
$ ls -li # to get the inode $ find . -inode <inode> -exec mv {} <newname> \; or something similar. Adam "AK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/23/2003 04:49 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Subject how is it possible This happening with me 3 rd time on this hp box . When I do ls -alt I can see a file in current directory but when I try to open it (vi/cat ) it says no such file or directory . I am same user who created the file . ( no permission problem ) Any idea ?? -ak /home/ak/myscripts/shell_scr $ ls -alt total 4 drwxrwxrwx 2 ak dba 96 Oct 23 14:40 . -rwxrwxrwx 1 ak dba 412 Oct 23 14:40 mon_scr drwxr-x--- 10 ak dba 1024 Oct 13 16:07 .. /home/ak/myscripts/shell_scr $ cat mon_scr cat: Cannot open mon_scr: No such file or directory /home/ak/myscripts/shell_scr $ cat ./mon_scr cat: Cannot open ./mon_scr: No such file or directory /home/ak/myscripts/shell_scr $ /home/ak/shell_scr $ whoami ak -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).