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Re: [LUG] Linux cli help!

 

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> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, dclug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>> I'm using PuTTY on a windows box to access a linux based NAS box via
>> ssh.
>> I'm trying to delete some files on it but cannot get them off.
>> I think the files have bad filenames, ls -l shows:
>> -rwxrw-rw-    1 guest    guest       39936 May 26  2004 ##   ABB
>> ACS550.xls*
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>> It's the ##'s that bother me - not sure where they came from
>
>> and what's with the * at the end?
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> That's ls' -F flag telling you the file is executable.
>
>> The filename comes up in green - does that mean anything?
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> This is ls' colour support telling you the file is executable.
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>> Also how come there's no f (indicating a file) at the start?
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> There never is, files are always a dash for the first part of that line.
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>> When I try to delete the file nothing happens, the console just sits
>> there, it still accepts keyboard input but doesn't do anything else.
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> Can you show us the exact command?
>
> rm "##   ABB ACS550.xls" should work for you.
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>> Can I abort a command once started instead of just closing the console
>> window and logging in again?
>
> Try ctrl-c, failing that ctrl-z and kill the process.
>
> Alex.
>
> --

Thanks for the reply Alex and thanks for explaining ls' output
I've just tried this command:
rm "##   ABB ACS550.xls"
and it still hangs the console and neither ctrl-c or ctrl-z work in
killing the process (don't forget I'm using PuTTY - I don't know if this
makes a difference).
It's weird, I can't delete these files using ftp, a mapped network drive
in windows, the NAS' own web file manager, or directly using the method
above.
Formatting the drive seems a bit extreme to just get rid of some files and
it's not to say I won't have this problem again in the future...
Confused...
Cheers,
Matt.



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