ls reports input/output error - strange file

[Herta Van den Eynde]

On 20/11/2007, Dr Alan J Bartlett <stxsl_ajb at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bram,
>
> To remove it, you'll need to know exactly what its name is. I guess there are some non-ASCII characters in its name.
>
> Try /bin/ls | cat -vet and see what's there. Then catch the output of /bin/ls in foo_file, edit foo_file so that it contains an entry/entries for what you don't want in that directory, surrounded by quotation marks ("), one per line. Next rm $(cat foo_file).
>
> Hope this helps.
> Alan.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > From: mertensb at mazdaeur.com
> > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:39:34 +0100
> > To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: ls reports input/output error - strange file
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > A colleague of mine tried to ungzip a file but encountered an error
> > becuase there wasn't enough disk space available.
> >
> > A directory listing now reports:
> > $ ll |grep 11.18-09-2007
> > ?
> >
> >
> > Mazda Motor Logistics Europe NV, Blaasveldstraat 162, B-2830 Willebroek
> > VAT BE 406.024.281, RPR Mechelen, ING  310-0092504-52, IBAN : BE64 3100 0925 0452, SWIFT : BBRUBEBB
> >
> > ---------  ? ?    ?           ?            ?
> > mappsacc.mle.mazdaeur.com-access_log.11.18-09-2007.tar
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root root 19745998 Sep 18 16:50
> > mappsacc.mle.mazdaeur.com-access_log.11.18-09-2007.tar.gz
> >
> > When running ls on the "unzipped" file I get:
> > $ ll mappsacc.mle.mazdaeur.com-access_log.11.18-09-2007.tar
> > ls: mappsacc.mle.mazdaeur.com-access_log.11.18-09-2007.tar: Input/output
> > error
> >
> > Any idea what happened here?  And how to remove this strange file?
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Bram
> >

Alternatively, try "rm -i "*Willebroek*"

Kind regards,

Herta