Re: [UUG/MLUG] odd file

["Curtis Hall" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

mmm looks neat.
can you guess around it? like cat *tat*
or cat tat*?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Buford, Rick <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: [UUG/MLUG] odd file


> [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
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> 
> 
>    |-----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'.
>    |
>