[SOLVED] Mysterious file shows up on Desktop

pizzipie · 12-13-2022, 02:23 PM

my setup:
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04.5 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
DESKTOP=MATE 1.26.0
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal

Somehow this file:

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Name: mysteryFile.png
Views: 14
Size: 19.5 KB
ID: 40037

showed up on my Desktop. I can't get rid of it. Here is what I have tried:
Please help in getting rid of it and Where did it come from?????

Command: Remove (rm).

Code:

root@rick-Latitude-E6510:/home/rick/Desktop# rm 'MySql Forum.desktop.2QM1W1'

Output:

Quote:

rm: cannot remove 'MySql Forum.desktop.2QM1W1': No such file or directory
root@rick-Latitude-E6510:/home/rick/Desktop#

Command: List (ls).

Code:

root@rick-Latitude-E6510:/home/rick/Desktop# ls -lh MySql*

Output:

Quote:

-rwxrwxr-x 1 rick rick 156 Feb 24 2022 MySql.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rick rick 173 Dec 10 16:44 'MySql Forums.desktop'

jailbait · 12-13-2022, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pizzipie

my setup:
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04.5 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
DESKTOP=MATE 1.26.0
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal

Somehow this file: Attachment 40037

showed up on my Desktop. I can't get rid of it.

I guess that the first thing to do is to find the file. Try:

find /home -iname "*MySql*"

pizzipie · 12-13-2022, 07:14 PM

Thanks for the reply.

NO JOY. 'find', does not find this file anywhere on the entire hard drive.

Command: find:

Code:

root@rick-Latitude-E6510:/home/rick/Desktop# find / -iname "*MySql*" > find_result.txt

Output:

Quote:

NO RESULTS SHOWING THIS FILE WERE FOUND IN find_result.txt

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jailbait · 12-13-2022, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pizzipie

NO RESULTS SHOWING THIS FILE WERE FOUND IN find_result.txt

That's not what you would get using find / -iname "*MySql*" > find_result.txt

Try it again using:

find /home -iname "*MySql*"

frankbell · 12-13-2022, 08:44 PM

Try this:

Code:

locate *.desktop | grep sql

rnturn · 12-14-2022, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pizzipie

my setup:
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04.5 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
DESKTOP=MATE 1.26.0
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal

Somehow this file: Attachment 40037

showed up on my Desktop. I can't get rid of it. Here is what I have tried:
Please help in getting rid of it and Where did it come from?????

Command: Remove (rm).

Code:

root@rick-Latitude-E6510:/home/rick/Desktop# rm 'MySql Forum.desktop.2QM1W1'

Output:

Command: List (ls).

Code:

root@rick-Latitude-E6510:/home/rick/Desktop# ls -lh MySql*

Output:

Is this some sort of desktop icon that takes you to a MySQL user forum?

This might sound crazy but, when I encounter strange files that are difficult to remove (say, if their names contain strange control characters), I try Emacs.

Code:

$ emacs "directory-where-this-file-is-located"

You'll be in a directory mode where you would normally scroll to a file to edit and press Enter. In this case, scroll down to it and Enter "D". It should remove the file. The "ls" command output you posted that shows the file might be misleading if some odd undisplayable character is part of the filename. Emacs doesn't care and will delete files even if they contain such characters.

If this doesn't work, issue

Code:

$ lsattr 'MySql Forum.desktop.2QM1W1'

Are there any any strange attributes associated with that file. Perhaps some process marked the file immutable. Here's what I see if I create a file, make it immutable, and attempt to remove it:

Code:

$ cd /tmp
$ touch some.file
$ sudo chattr +i some.file             # Mark the file immutable
$ lsattr some.file
----i-------------- some.file          # The immutable attribute is set.
$ rm some.file
rm: cannot remove 'some.file': Operation not permitted
$ sudo chattr -i some.file             # Clear that attribute
$ lsattr some.file
------------------- some.file
$ rm some.file
rm: remove regular empty file 'some.file'? y
removed 'some.file'

IMHO, it's pretty rude to do something like that on a computer without the owner's permission.

HTH...

pizzipie · 12-14-2022, 02:10 PM

ANOTHER mystery???? That file disappeared from the desktop.

Sorry, I didn't do it.

Thank you all for your time to help me. Sorry time was wasted.

I did learn some things however, especially from rnturn about file attributes.

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NevemTeve · 12-26-2022, 12:46 AM

Next time this happens, try right click on then icon and use 'Move to Trash' from the menu.