Comments on: Linux : How to delete file securely

By: Noufal Ibrahim

Noufal Ibrahim — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:27:41 +0000

Which OS are you on? Most unix filesystems consider the

NULL

and

 characters illegal for filenames.

felipe1982 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:11:12 +0000

>but how to delete a file called ‘/’ ?
>one that’s accidentally been created with vi? Anybody know?

$> rm — \/

That is backslash-forward slash (not a “Vee”)

AdminGuru — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:05:30 +0000

@ Anonymous

kvz — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:55:13 +0000

@ Anonymous: try escaping it with a backslash \

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:17:00 +0000

That’s cool!

…but how to delete a file called ‘/’ ?

…one that’s accidentally been created with vi? Anybody know?