[ale] How can I delete this file?

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

David A. De Graaf wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:36:18PM -0400, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> 
>>Hrm, neither solution seemed to work.  I'm truly stumped on this one.  I 
>>have no idea what created these files, I think I cat'ed a binary to the 
>>console or something.
>>
>>Any other ideas?
>>
>>Is there a way I can delete the inode(s) without damaging my filesystem?
> 
> 
> The 'find' command will almost always do this job:
> 
> First make sure you can concoct a regular expression for the name that 
> matches only this single file.

I think this is the heart of the problem, determining the proper RE. 
Once that's done, I'm not sure what the purpose of 'find' is.  If find 
matches the filename, then what's wrong with simply executing 'rm filename?'

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Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995