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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!lugb!latcs1!latcs2.lat.oz.au!wongm Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: How do you rm a strange file? Message-ID: <CGtx1n.CsB@latcs1.lat.oz.au> From: wongm@latcs2.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1993 06:36:59 GMT Sender: news@latcs1.lat.oz.au (news) References: <2ch6t2$ih5@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia Lines: 20 In article <2ch6t2$ih5@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (Terry Dwyer 619 491 5161) writes: > seem to have created a file that I can't delete in the middle of >a large directory structure: > >-rw-r--r-- 1 tdwyer 58 Nov 19 08:54 -lg | less > >Any clues how to rm it? > >-- > _-_|\ Terry Dwyer E-Mail: tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au > / \ System Administrator Phone: +61 9 491 5161 Fax: +61 9 221 2631 > *_.^\_/ Telecom Australia Telstra Corporation MIME capable mailer > v Perth WA ( I do not speak for Telstra or Telecom ) Hi, Try this : rm x "-lg | less", it should work under sh, csh, and tcsh! - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C Wong) -- - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au