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Re: How to delete the garbage file in my directory
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: How to delete the garbage file in my directory |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:45:42 -0600 |
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address@hidden wrote:
> In the followimg directory of mine, there is a file named
> download2_RXTE_data.txt, which has been produced for unclear
> reasons.
Because of the way the files are listed I suspect there is a space in
the name.
> address@hidden dinggq]$ ls
> article/ cxcds_param/ hexte/ oridata/
> SS433/ udata/
> CARPS/ download2_RXTE_data.txt hexte_calib_data pca/ temp/
> zz/
> CirX-1/ download_RXTE_data.txt ihep/ pfiles/
> temp1/
> address@hidden dinggq]$ rm download2_RXTE_data.txt
> rm: cannot lstat `download2_RXTE_data.txt': No such file or directory
> address@hidden dinggq]$
>
> Would you please tell me how to delete the garbage file
> (download2_RXTE_data.txt) in the directory ?
I would use 'ls -b' to escape the names and see what is really there.
I suspect you will find an escaped space '\ ' somewhere in there.
You can have the shell use wildcards to match. I would list it first
because I would be wanting to know the reason. Then I would be
removing it the same way. Best to use the -i option in this case.
ls -ldb *download2_RXTE_data.txt*
rm -i *download2_RXTE_data.txt*
Hope that helps.
Bob