On 05/07/2010 09:26 PM, users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > here 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: > >>> you used the terrifying 'rm' . what exactly does ' pass rm' mean in this context? > 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