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Gopoi
Asked: 2010-10-12 15:51:04 +0800 CST

Removing \ file in command line only

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I accidently create a "\" file into my linux how to revert it. I tried rm \ (as it's the escaping character it didn't work), rm '\' and rm \\ nothing worked.

linux command-line-interface

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  1. Best Answer

    As you said, you can't remove the file "\" directory, since \ is used as the shell escape character.

    So instead, use the \ character to escape the file/directory named "\":

    $ rm -i \\

    Here's my test:

    # Make and verify the problem
$ touch \\
$ ls -ld \\
-rw-r--r--  1 me  me  0 Oct 11 16:59 \

# Remove the file:
$ rm -i \\
remove \? y
$ ls -ld \\
ls: \: No such file or directory
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