Create a file

Vexris · 06-04-2001, 06:27 PM

Hello all,

Was wondering how a I create a file with the name of -rf and then delete it with out deleting a directory or any other files

thanks for the help

[Edited by Vexris on 06-04-2001 at 07:30 PM]

unSpawn · 06-05-2001, 12:28 AM

quote it.
to delete it use rm ./-rf

if a filename gets -REALLY- messy:
ls -i (get inode number)
find . -inum (inode number) -ok rm '{}' \;

prowzen · 06-05-2001, 02:06 PM

Hey unSpawn,
Could you please explain what all these funky symbols mean? Iam clear about find . -inum (inode number) -ok. But what does the rm '{}'\; do?
Isn't there a command that would return a filename from the inum so that we can do a getFileNameFromInode(inum) | rm which is a little bit more intuitive?

jharris · 06-05-2001, 04:27 PM

The braces {} will be expanded into the file name that gets matched by find. They are ' ' quoted to try to stop the shell from using/expanding them. Use 'man find' for more details.

HTH

Jamie...