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Old 12-13-2012
Cant able to delete file named '\'

Hi folks

Please help to delete the file

-rw-r--r-- 1 sri sri 157 Dec 13 04:42 \

here unexpectedly "\" is created.

if am deleting using
> rm \ --i cant able to delete by using the command

******* here is the output i got ****
sri:> cat \
>

please help me how to delete

Many thanks

---------- Post updated at 05:01 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:58 AM ----------

thanks i got the solution

> rm '\'
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Old 12-13-2012
try

Code:
rm "\\"

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