On 2002-10-14 10:02, Unix Tools <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Brian McCann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've got an interesting question for you all. I've got a file who's
> > name is " "...3 blank spaces. It shows up when I do an ls -la, and I
> > can get it's inode # (it's in RedHat...a box I'm going to convert to
> > FreeBSD real soon)...does anyone know how to remove a file based off of
> > an inode #?
>
> cd to the directory where the file exists
> write a perl script
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> unlink " ";
> exit(0);
Or use quoting properly on the command line:
# rm " "
That seems a bit faster, and requires no Perl knowledge.
Giorgos.
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