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Distribution: VMware V12 and V15 in Windows 10, MX Linux 23.1, Kubuntu 23.10, IBM z/VM 5.4
Posts: 558
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rm: cannot lstat
I'm having problems deleting a file as indicated below...also please note the quote marks around the file name, I don't know if this has anything to do with the problem. The file got to where it is using Kompozer.
Using find / -name zombie* -print doesn't show the file but it is there when I go into the directory and list the files in that directory.
Can't cat it either. I have no idea how to resolve this and I'd like to get rid of this.
Thanks CENTOS 5.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 rifkinho rifkinho 395 Sep 11 23:08 'zombieonehomepage.html'
[root@centos5 rifkinho]# rm -r 'zombieonehomepage.html'
rm: cannot lstat `zombieonehomepage.html': No such file or directory
[root@centos5 rifkinho]# rm 'zombieonehomepage.html'
rm: cannot lstat `zombieonehomepage.html': No such file or directory
[root@centos5 rifkinho]# cd /
[root@centos5 /]# pwd
/
[root@centos5 /]# find / -name zombie* -print
/var/www/html/zombieone
/var/log/httpd/zombieone.com-error_log
/var/log/httpd/zombieone.com-access_log
[root@centos5 /]#
Using find / -name zombie* -print doesn't show the file but it is there when I go into the directory and list the files in that directory.
Can't cat it either. I have no idea how to resolve this and I'd like to get rid of this.
You would need to use the escape character for the find command as well. It was looking for files that started with "z" but it did not find it because the file you wanted to find started with "'". You removed the file, but if you have a similar file you would find it like this:
Code:
find / -name \'zombie* -print
And you would cat it using the escape character as well:
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