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# 1  
Old 07-13-2009
Can't Remove the File
Code:
$ ls -latr
total 112
drwxr-sr-x    3 ccalftdv ccalogrp        512 Sep 13 2006  dev
-rwxr-xr-x    1 ccalftdv ccalogrp       5586 Jun 08 15:55 cca_monthly_load_file.
ksh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 ccalftdv ccalogrp        680 Jun 25 08:50 cca_monthly_load_data.
ini
-rwxrwxr-x    1 ccalftdv ccalogrp        679 Jun 25 10:28 load_data.ini
drwxr-sr-x    4 ccalftdv ccalogrp        512 Jun 29 13:53 ..
-rw-r-----    1 ccalftdv ccalogrp       1298 Jun 30 08:26 dir_list_ccalloc_in.sh
-rw-r-----    1 ccalftdv ccalogrp       1298 Jun 30 08:26 dir_list_ccalloc_out.s
h
-rw-r-----    1 ccalftdv ccalogrp       1357 Jun 30 09:39 dir_list_eatv_out.sh
-rw-r--r--    1 ccalftdv ccalogrp          9 Jun 30 17:04 sample2.txtw
-rwxrwxrwx    1 ccalftdv ccalogrp       1570 Jul 01 14:35 dir_file_list.sh
-rwxr--r--    1 ccalftdv ccalogrp       5729 Jul 13 09:42 load_file.ksh
drwxr-sr-x    3 ccalftdv ccalogrp        512 Jul 13 09:44 .
$ who am i
ccalftdv    pts/5       Jul 13 09:32     
$

there is file sample2.txtw that i want to remove and can't removed by the rm command.
Code:
$ rm sample2.txtw
rm: sample2.txtw: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
$ rm "sample2.txtw"
rm: sample2.txtw: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
$

why can't i removed the file sample2.txtw?

thanks,
warren
# 2  
Old 07-13-2009
Code:
rm -i sample2.t*

# 3  
Old 07-13-2009
use,

rm -f sample2.txt*
# 4  
Old 07-13-2009
that works.

why can't it remove by a simple "rm sample2.txtw" command?
# 5  
Old 07-13-2009
Another one:

1. Type ls -i which will list the inode num
2. find . -inum <inode_num> -exec rm -f {} \;
# 6  
Old 07-13-2009
Possible, there is some junk char. in the file name.

First, just list that file separately:
ls -al sample2.txtw

Next try with a*:
ls -al sample2.txtw*

If it does not show up with the first but does show up on the second,
then that is not the full file name.
# 7  
Old 07-14-2009
To check for funny characters:

Code:
ls -lab

And:

ls -la | sed -n l

Once you know the exact filename it is safer to rename it first, then delete it.
 
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