Do an LSOF pipe that to GREP and search for that filename. It's possible
that something has it open.

If that doesn't work, reboot and immediately try to delete the file.

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Thanks,
Alexander

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On Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 20:29 joe--- via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I have a file that showed up
> in my home directory that I am
> unable to delete, rename, or move.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> -rw-r--r--   1 joe 242671 Aug 25 16:49 -8071936519780093871.jpg
>
> I tried several ways, including these two:
>
> rm "-8071936519780093871.jpg"
>
> sudo rm "-8071936519780093871.jpg"
>
> Nothing works.
>
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