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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!bofh.dot!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.nkn.net!news.panther.net!nemesis!uhclem From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Subject: Re: Removing bad file/dir's ?? X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Organization: The Big Blue Box Message-ID: <DrH0AH.3uB@nemesis.lonestar.org> References: <319A32B5.6DB@mainelink.net> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 23:37:26 GMT Lines: 19 Gary Chrysler (tcg@mainelink.net) wrote: :[0] Is there a way to rid my tree of this oooPs?? :[0] /usr/src/ :[0] brwsrwsr-t 1 root bin 0, 0 May 15 13:24 ?????\?>??-??? When I used to get these on bad newsgroup creations (semicolons and such), I used rm -ri path* where "path" is as much of the path as you can specify and NOT include a strange character. Then add the * and it will ask about all the files and directories that match including the strange ones. You have to answer 'y' and 'n' until you get to the offending files/directories. You may be asked twice about strange directory names - delete both. Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"The Knights who say "LETNi" or uhclem%nemesis@rwsystr.nkn.net | demand... A SEGMENT REGISTER!!!" |"A what?" or ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!" - 1983