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07-18-2019

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Undeletable file

Greetings,

I'm trying to delete a file with a weird name from within Terminal on a Mac.
It's a very old file (1992) with null characters in the name: �␀␀Word Finder® Plus™��.

Here are some examples of what I've tried:

Code:

12FX009:5 dpontius$ ls
␀␀Word Finder® Plus™
12FX009:5 dpontius$ rm "␀␀Word Finder® Plus™"
rm: ␀␀Word Finder® Plus™: Invalid argument

12FX009:5 dpontius$ rm -r
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
       unlink file
12FX009:5 dpontius$ ls
␀␀Word Finder® Plus™

12FX009:4 dpontius$ rm -r 5
rm: 5/␀␀Word Finder® Plus™: Invalid argument
rm: 5: Directory not empty

12FX009:5 dpontius$ mv ␀␀Word Finder® Plus testName
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
       mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory

12FX009:5 dpontius$ mv "␀␀Word Finder® Plus™" testName
mv: rename ␀␀Word Finder® Plus™ to testName: Invalid argument

Help appreciated greatly!

cheers,
dp

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ppi::token::word5.16

PPI::Token::Word(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       PPI::Token::Word(3)

NAME

       PPI::Token::Word - The generic "word" Token

INHERITANCE

	 PPI::Token::Word
	 isa PPI::Token
	     isa PPI::Element

DESCRIPTION

       A "PPI::Token::Word" object is a PPI-specific representation of several different types of word-like things, and is one of the most common
       Token classes found in typical documents.

       Specifically, it includes not only barewords, but also any other valid Perl identifier including non-operator keywords and core functions,
       and any include "::" separators inside it, as long as it fits the format of a class, function, etc.

METHODS

       There are no methods available for "PPI::Token::Word" beyond those provided by its PPI::Token and PPI::Element parent classes.

       We expect to add additional methods to help further resolve a Word as a function, method, etc over time.  If you need such a thing right
       now, look at Perl::Critic::Utils.

   literal
       Returns the value of the Word as a string.  This assumes (often incorrectly) that the Word is a bareword and not a function, method,
       keyword, etc.  This differs from "content" because "Foo'Bar" expands to "Foo::Bar".

   method_call
       Answers whether this is the name of a method in a method call. Returns true if yes, false if no, and nothing if unknown.

TO DO

       - Add "function", "method" etc detector methods

SUPPORT

       See the support section in the main module.

AUTHOR

       Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

perl v5.16.2							    2011-02-25						       PPI::Token::Word(3)