Solaris Tips

Remove files with names Containing special characters

The answer is by using inode number

root @ sys-082 # ls -laLi

42 total

    594061 -rw-r - r-- 1 root root 21 January 1599 11:08 -lrt

    594.049 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 January 21 12:17.

         2107 drwxrwxrwx root root 10752 January 20 7:04 p.m. ..

    594.057 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 389 21 January 12:17 1passive.sh

    594.051 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 391 21 January 12:18 2passive.sh

    594.050 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 382 Nov 25 09:00 alarm.sh

    594.055 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 211 1 November 24:11 alm.js

    594.053 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 375 November 25 9:00 ne.sh

    594.056 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 331 1 November 24:11 ne1.js

    594054 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20 November 1 24:11 passive.js

root @ sys-082 # find. -inum 594061 -exec ls -lrt {} \;

-rw-r - r-- 1 root root 21 January 1599 11:08 ./-lrt

root @ sys-082 # find. -inum 594061 -exec rm -i {} \;

rm: remove ./-lrt (yes / no)? yes

root @ sys-082 # 

root @ sys-082 # ls -lrt

14 total

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20 November 1 24:11 passive.js

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 211 1 November 24:11 alm.js

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 331 1 November 24:11 ne1.js

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 375 November 25 9:00 ne.sh

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 382 November 25 9:00 alarm.sh

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 389 21 January 24:17 1passive.sh

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 391 21 January 12:18 2passive.sh

root @ sys-082 # 

How to check process arguments:
pargs -p PID