Originally posted by: big

Hi,
on AIX 6.1 I have :

-rwx------ 1 oracle dba 1263 Dec 8 02:43 initMYDB.ora
-rwx------ 1 oracle dba 1263 Dec 16 10:44 initOURDB.ora
RINT------ 1 oracle dba 1263 Dec 16 10:42 initMYDB.ora
I havr never seen
RINT------

Do you know and understand that ?
Thank you.

Originally posted by: big

also I have :

ls -li 69219 -rwx------    1 oracle   dba            1263 Dec  8 02:43 initMYDB.ora 69233 -rwx------    1 oracle   dba            1263 Dec 16 10:44 initOURDB.ora 69231 -rwx------    1 oracle   dba            1263 Dec 16 10:42 initMYDB.ora RINT 58737 -rw-r--r--    1 oracle   dba           12920 May  3 2001  initdw.ora

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

looks like someone (like many before) has accidentally created a file with control characters in its name. you might get a clue by using a hexeditor or od(1) on ls's output.

Originally posted by: big

thank you.

Can you please explain :"od(1) on ls's output" ??

How to get read of RINT and how to find the good file ?

Regards.

Originally posted by: Runevitki

There should also be an option to ls to display non-printable characters, -b

except from ls man page

-b Displays nonprintable characters in an octal (\nnn) notation.

Try ls -b in the directory those database files are in and see if there are non-printable characters..

Originally posted by: big

Thank you.
I have something like this :
ls -lb
-rwx------ 1 oracle dba 1263 Dec 16 10:44 initMYDB.ora\033[D\033[D\033[D\033[D\033[D\033[D\033[Dx\033[DINT\033[C\033[C\033[C
But I can not delete :
rm: initMYDB.ora033[D033[D033[D033[D033[D033[D033[Dx033[DINT033[C033[C033[C: No such file or directory
How can I get rid of this file ??

Regards.

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi

With the inode number
verification by
find . -inum 69231 -exec ls -lia {} \;
and if correct
find . -inum 69231 -exec rm {} \;

best regards

rw

Originally posted by: ColombianJoker

Be sure to add the -xdev option to your find command. It is very probable and possible to have another file in another file system with same inode number and you will erase that file too.
Thus, use find ... -exec rm {} \; -xdev
The -xdev option prevents the find command to navigate to a different file system.