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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Odd file with no name Post 57886 by zazzybob on Tuesday 9th of November 2004 11:38:43 AM
Old 11-09-2004
It could have been some kind of non-printing character. I just created (under HP-UX 10.20), a "blank" filename using
touch ^H

With ls -l we get
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kw627 tech_srvs 0 Nov 9 16:40

If we do an ls -lb we see
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kw627 tech_srvs 0 Nov 9 16:40 \010

I used find to remove this too....

EDIT: An easier way to remove is to prefix the filename by the path, e.g. rm ./^H or mv ./^H junk - I'll also say I've had varying success deleting files with strange names (\014 is particularly hard to remove!), by FTPing in from a Windows machine (which doesn't interpret a lot of the escapes) and deleting the file (in this case DEL ^L does the job).

Cheers
ZB
Last edited by zazzybob; 11-09-2004 at 12:47 PM..
 

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conv_lpd

conv_lpd(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      conv_lpd(1M)

NAME

       conv_lpd - convert LPD configuration

SYNOPSIS

       conv_lpd [-c printers | -c printcap]  [-n] file

DESCRIPTION

       conv_lpd  converts   LPD  printer  configuration information from  file to a printers.conf or a	printcap file (see printers.conf(4)). file
       specifies the name of the input file, and can be either in printers.conf or  printcap format. If  file is in  printers.conf format, it con-
       verts it to a printcap file. If	file is in  printcap format, it converts it to a printers.conf file.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -c printers | -c printcap       Specifies the type of output file produced by the conversion. -c printers converts to a printers.conf file.
				       -c printcap converts to a printcap file. -c printers is the default.

       -n			       Preserves the namelist during the conversion.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       file	The file to be converted.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Converting a printcap file to a  printers.conf file.

       The following example converts a  printcap file to a  printers.conf file.

       example% conv_lpd /etc/printcap

       Example 2: Converting a	printcap file to a printers.conf file and preserving the namelist.

       The following example converts a  printcap file to a printers.conf file and preserves the namelist.

       example% conv_lpd -c printers -n /etc/printcap

       Example 3: Converting a	printers.conf file to a  printcap file and preserving the namelist.

       The following example converts a  printers.conf file to a  printcap file and preserves the namelist.

       example% conv_lpd -c printcap -n /etc/printers.conf

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	       Successful completion.

       non-zero        An error occurred.

FILES

       /etc/printers.conf      System printer configuration database.

       /etc/printcap	       SunOS 4.x printer capability database.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWpcu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       lpset(1M), printers.conf(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    9 Sep 1996							      conv_lpd(1M)
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