On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Dj YB <yehielb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > hello, > > I have managed somehow to create a file I can't delete now. > probably a failed copy\download long ago. > > the output shows like that: > > [root@localhost 5]# ll > total 1 > -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2010-05-07 12:07 24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi > [root@localhost 5]# rm 24\ Season\ 5\ Episode\ 03.avi > rm: remove regular file `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi'? y > rm: cannot remove `24 Season 5 Episode 03.avi': No such file or directory > > any advices how to fix this problem are welcome. > > There are many approaches. The one I favor is to do an ls with inode numbers then do a find on that inode. ls -il The first column will list the inode. Next do a find on that inode: find . -inum 123456 -maxdepth 1 -exec ls -l {} \; If the file matches, just pass rm to find: find . -inum 123456 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm {} \; -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines