file with no name -- cannot be deleted

[Mark Mace]

Barry wrote:
> On 11/6/06, Eamonn Sullivan <eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11/6/06, Barry <barrynyc at gmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
> $ ls -a yyy
>    .  ..
> 
> But it seems to be an empty string.  In the  python interpreter, I got:
> 
</snip>

I know this may sound crazy, but have you tried typing in "rm -f \" then 
pressing the tab button?  This will (at least it does in my 
configuration) autocomplete the line when possible.  I've had some odd 
files show up (strange character encoding that I couldn't replicate on 
my keyboard) and doing this worked.  However, I doubt that it will work 
in your case since rm -rf yyy/ didn't work...  but it's a suggestion non 
the less.

good luck!
mark




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