rm filenames with spaces

find garbage/ -type f -delete
I _think_ you were trying to delete files whether or not they had spaces. This would do that. You should probably be more specific though.

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By: pdxdoughnut
2013-10-21 23:26:51
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This isn't a one liner, but it's good for removing any stubborn file (spaces, control chars, etc) mkdir /tmp/removeme ls -li /dir/with/bad/file find /dir/with/bad/file -inum inode_number -exec mv {} /tmp/removeme \; rm -rf /tmp/removeme
ggerke · 642 weeks and 1 day ago

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Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?

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