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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dummy question
Date: 22 Oct 1996 11:29:46 +0100
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In article <545350$7j6@itchy.serv.net>,
zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont .) writes:
: I should throw this in ; I've found it useful from time to time for peskily-
: named files.
:
: do ls -i. this will list the directory by inode. Let's say the inode in
: question is #12345. do
:
: find . -type f -inum 12345 -exec rm {} \;
:
: This will get rid of any file, no matter how nasty the filename is.
No it won't. rm will still be passed something beginning with a '-'.
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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