thank you all for all of your input. a special thanks goes out to mr greene who suggested the ctrl-v, ctrl-m idea. that's what finally worked.
find . -name Icon[ctrl-v][ctrl-m] -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf that's what finally got it done. i've saved that line, together with a few others like it in a file called "applekill" :) that will rid my system of mac stuff. a note to anyone who might try the same thing though: editing this file fron something other than vi can have negative results. the ^M is often converted to a new line :) _________________________________ daniel a. g. quinn starving programmer the great only appear great because we are on our knees - james connolly ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 9:29 AM Subject: re: removing "Icon?" [not entirely solved] | so the following comand works | | find /home/ -name 'Icon^M' (where "^M" is one character) | | but when i try to add "-print0" at the end of it, no results are returned. | this is what i'm trying to write: | | find /home/ -name 'Icon^M' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf | | but i can't exactly split the return values on a null byte if there are no | returned values. | | any ideas? | | ----- Original Message ----- | Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 9:22 AM | Subject: Re: removing "Icon?" | | | | it worked! | | thanks a lot | | | | _________________________________ | | daniel a. g. quinn | | starving programmer | | | | truly 'the humble is the stem upon which the mighty grows, | | the low is the foundation upon which the high is laid... | | - lau tzu, "tao te ching: chapter xxxix" | | | | ----- Original Message ----- | | From: "Anthony E. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:02 PM | | Subject: Re: removing "Icon?" | | | | | | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- | | | Hash: SHA1 | | | | | | On 19-Jun-2002/15:37 -0700, daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | | >a mac user has connected to my box and uploaded a file called "Icon?" | | | >(including the "?"). how do i remove it? the following command | doesn't | | | >work: | | | > | | | >rm -f Icon\? | | | > | | | >typing "rm -f Ic<tab>" will work but retyping the text that appears | | doesn't | | | > | | | >rm -f Icon^M | | | > | | | >also, when i use the <tab> trick, as root, it asks me if "i really want | | to | | | >delete Icon\r", but typing that doesn't work either: | | | > | | | >rm -f Icon\r | | | | | | The tab-completion method is best for a single file. It's fast, easy, | and | | | effective as log as there's only one file. | | | | | | If you know the name has a carriage return, you can type that using | | | | | | rm Icon[Ctrl-V][Ctrl-M] | | | | | | The [Ctrl-V] sequence tells the shell that the next sequence is not to | be | | | interpreted, but is to be represented literally. | | | | | | | | | Tony | | | - -- | | | Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | | OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 | 239D | | | AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: | <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> | | | Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> | | | | | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- | | | Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) | | | Comment: Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0x6C94239D | | | | | | iD8DBQE9EAJKpCpg3WyUI50RAvPCAKCUeOc+dYEb50F8877EJHYCCY07OQCg8oq6 | | | TND8zJEMbiVN4Td8+EazxkA= | | | =culM | | | -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- | | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________ | | | Redhat-list mailing list | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list | | | | | | | | | | | _______________________________________________ | | Redhat-list mailing list | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list | | | | | | _______________________________________________ | Redhat-list mailing list | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list | _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
