 | Chapter 23 Removing Files |  |
| Chapter 23 Removing Files | |
A perennial problem is deleting files that have strange characters (or other oddities) in their names. The next few articles contain some hints for:
Deleting files with random control characters in their names (article 23.12).
Deleting files with a "null" name (article 23.13).
Deleting files whose names that start with a dash (article 23.14).
Deleting files with "unprintable" filenames (article 23.15).
Deleting files by using the inode number (article 23.16).
Deleting directories, and problems that can arise (article 23.17).
We'll also give hints for:
Deleting unused (or rarely used) files (articles 23.19 and 23.20).
Deleting all the files in a directory, except for one or two (article 23.21).
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| 23.10 Deletion with Prejudice: rm -f |  | 23.12 Using Wildcards to Delete Files with Strange Names |
