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# 8  
Old 12-19-2016
I did try safe boot, to no avail. Thanks.

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[QUOTE=hicksd8;302988007]Hi,

Thanks for the info. I tried and failed, as you see here:
Code:
djCUDA:ee macuser$ ls -li
total 0
3774747 -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 macuser  staff  0 26 Nov  1991 ␀INITPicker 2.0
djCUDA:ee macuser$ find . -inum 3774747 -exec echo rm '{}' ';'
rm ./␀INITPicker 2.0
djCUDA:ee macuser$ ls
␀INITPicker 2.0
djCUDA:ee macuser$ find . -inum 3774747 -exec rm '{}' ';'
rm: ./␀INITPicker 2.0: Invalid argument

No wonder I drink too much.... It seems that the initial NUL character is the problem?
# 9  
Old 12-20-2016
Hi,

Can you try the command with the format;

djCUDA:ee macuser$ find . -inum 3774747 -exec rm {} \;

Regards

Gull04
# 10  
Old 12-20-2016
Gull,

Thanks for your suggestion. See the result:

Code:
djCUDA:ee macuser$ find . -inum 3774747 -exec rm {} \;
rm: ./␀INITPicker 2.0: Invalid argument

Once again, it seems UNIX doesn't like the NUL at the beginning of the filename. If there's some way to delete that character, I think your code would work.

regards, David
# 11  
Old 12-20-2016
What about the proposals in the link suggested by hicksd8 in post#6?
# 12  
Old 12-20-2016
RudiC, I did try the node suggestion, but again it did not work.

I got:

Code:
djCUDA:ee macuser$ find . -inum 3774747 -exec rm {} \;
rm: ./␀INITPicker 2.0: Invalid argument

That stubborn NUL is still fighting back.
# 13  
Old 12-20-2016
And the other suggestions?
# 14  
Old 12-20-2016
What about trying to delete it with the find command directly:

Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -inum 3774747 -delete
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