RE: [UUG/MLUG] odd file

["Buford, Rick" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

[EMAIL:PROTECTED /]# ls -lb | grep tat
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          119 Dec  1 13:33 tat\ \b\b\b

k...now I'm really confused. Where did this come from?

Rick Buford
Chief Clerk
Medical Records - Transcription
DC042.06 / 884-7452
"Is there another word for synonym?"


   |-----Original Message-----
   |From: Dana Huyler [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
   |Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:46 PM
   |To: 'Mizzou UNIX/Linux Users Group'
   |Subject: Re: [UUG/MLUG] odd file
   |
   |
   |On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Buford, Rick wrote:
   |
   |> What would cause a file to suddenly appear in "/", and 
   |then totally deny
   |> that it exists?
   |> [EMAIL:PROTECTED /]# dir | grep tat
   |> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          119 Dec  1 13:33 tat
   |> [EMAIL:PROTECTED /]# rm -f tat
   |> [EMAIL:PROTECTED /]# dir | grep tat
   |> -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          119 Dec  1 13:33 tat
   |> [EMAIL:PROTECTED /]#
   |
   |'tat' could have some special characters in it, try
   |
   |ls -lb 
   |
   |and see what comes up with 'tat'.
   |