[plug] a file without a name

Tony Clark tony at ballist.net.au
Thu Oct 14 07:49:02 WST 1999


Tamara Thompson wrote:
> 
> Anybody know how to find out what a file is named if in ls it shows up with all data except the filename?
> 
> ls -b   shows it as being named \177, but I can't find out anything more about the file with cat, or more, or vi.  Also 'file *' shows this file as the last entry in the list, with a : and no further data.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tamara

That looks more like a directory to me, which would explain why ls
listed something, the files in the directory.

tony
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