[PLUG] How To Remove "Ghost" Files?

[Paul Heinlein]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Paul Heinlein wrote:

> You might try deleting it by inode number:
>
> # get the file's inode (e.g., 123456)
> ls -i
> # delete file by inode number
> find . -inum 123456 -exec rm {} \;

Or, if the file has bizarre characters in its name that confuse rm,

   find . -inum 123456 -exec rm -- '{}' \;

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