On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 03:37:54AM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> OK, I should have RTFM man first.
>
> ls -lab show the file name to be "\ \ " so I have now answered my own
> question.
>
> Sorry for the noise (back into my box)
Another popular way to do it is rm -i * and say "y" when it asks.
I just go for zsh tab completion... problem solved!
Chuck
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 01:03:04PM +1100, Peter Hardy wrote:
> On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 12:48, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> > Another popular way to do it is rm -i * and say "y" when it asks.
>
> At the risk of sounding like too
On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 12:48, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> Another popular way to do it is rm -i * and say "y" when it asks.
At the risk of sounding like too much of a GUI weenie, another nice way
to do it is with one of the many GUI file managers out there. Your
favourite X or console based f
> OK, I should have RTFM man first.
> ls -lab show the file name to be "\ \ " so I have now answered my own
> question.
> Sorry for the noise (back into my box)
I didn't know about the -b flag to ls so I found this informative.
My traditional way of doing it (which also comes in handy in non
Howard Lowndes wrote:
>
> OK, I should have RTFM man first.
You have just experienced the well known "SLUG effect"
where you send a question to the list and the collective prescence of
"Sluggers" answers the question before it reaches the list.
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Yes I am aware of that, but when I did manage to run: file " " then it
came back as an RPM that I had been fiddling with at around the time shown
in the date stamp, so I am comfortable that it was me who stuffed up,
rather than being cracked.
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Broun, Bevan wrote:
> on Tue, N
on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 03:37:54AM +1100, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, I should have RTFM man first.
>
> ls -lab show the file name to be "\ \ " so I have now answered my own
> question.
Note that such file names are often used by crackers as a place to put
stuff.
BB
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OK, I should have RTFM man first.
ls -lab show the file name to be "\ \ " so I have now answered my own
question.
Sorry for the noise (back into my box)
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> I seem to have acquired a file with no name.
>
> When I do an ls -la then it lists before . and
I seem to have acquired a file with no name.
When I do an ls -la then it lists before . and ..
What is the best way to address this file?
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