Hi ..

I am trying to deleta a file but i cant do the error i get is

rm: hs_pdref_custom_dict_PG1_out_76_out non-existent

but when i do ls it is listing the in the directory ...
please find the filed below....

-rw-r----- 1 tsta107 users 118011030 Dec 1 04:07 hs_pdref_custom_dict_PG1_out_76
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tsta107 users 118011030 Dec 1 04:12 hs_pdref_custom_dict_PG1_out_75_out
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tsta107 users 23161856 Dec 1 04:14 hs_pdref_custom_dict_PG1_out_76_out

thanks in advance ..

Arun

permissions issue ? have you tried "rm -rf" ?

yeah i did that but still the file is not getting deleted and also the file appears in the listing

Perhaps some "non visible" character is part of its name...
Try, for instance:

find . -name "*hs_pdref_custom_dict_PG1_out_76_out*" -exec rm -i {} \;

Some process must be using that file. See the man pages of fuser or lsof. Use that.

Graig,

I tired the command which you gave me.It prompted for Y/N and when i selected Y it ran succesfully.But file still list in the ls command.

Vino,
We dont have fuser permission and there is not manual for lsoft.

Any error message?
if not, try what vino said
else probably perms issue
fi

Based on the error you got the first time (rm: hs_pdref_custom_dict_PG1_out_76_out non-existent) I don't think it's what vino says but it could be if the find's rm doesn't give you the same error...
lsof is not an standard tool, you'll need to install it.