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Re: [debian-users] Re: Need to remove a ghost file, but can't because it doesn't exist



# rm -f 1141914051.*

No promises...  but something like that worked once for me in a similar
mysterious situation.

Ah, hadn't tried that yet. Too bad it didn't work.

$ rm -i 1141914051.*
rm: cannot lstat
`1141914051.M484859P8695V0000000000000309Ip0007553_0.draupnir,S=3707:2,S':
No such file or directory

What happens if you use bash filename completion on the rm line? Does the shell escape all the characters it needs to?

(ie: rm 1141914051.<tab> in bash)

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