escaping filenames

[Terry D. Cudney]

Hi Ralph,

	Thanks for the suggestion. That would be a lot of work, but do-able.

	The solution that Thomas suggested worked. i.e:

	mv control-v+control-k k-file

	where control-x is the control character. that is, the control-v escapes the following control character. Then it's an easy m;atter to examine/delete/whatever the k-file.

	This group is great! Thanks guys!

	--terry

On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 12:02:15PM -0700, Ralph W. Reid wrote:
> Wow!  Where did that file come from (retorical question)?  You might
> try the following, taking care to keep track of directory and file
> permissions if necessary--especially if system files are involved!
> Try moving all of the other files and subdirectories from the
> directory where the ^k file is, then removing the directory where the
> ^k file is with `rm -r <dirname>`, recreating the directory with
> `mkdir <dirname>`, and then moving all of the wanted files and
> subdirectories back in to the new empty directory.  After a few simple
> attempts, I was not able to create a ^k file unless I used the
> individual characters '^' and 'k' (as opposed to CTRL-K), but I was
> able to create a file whose name consisted of a single space
> character, and then remove it as described above.  Note that if the
> file name is actually made up of the characters '^' and 'k', a simple
> remove command using the characters should remove it.  HTH and have a
> _great_ day.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 02:18:35PM -0400, Terry D. Cudney wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > 	In this thread, how do I get rid of a file that shows up in an 'ls' listings as "^K". It is a zero length file, but persistently there.
> > 
> > 	--terry
> > 
> 
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