How to remove files with special characters in Linux
I recently found myself having to remove a file with special characters. Using rm only gave me “rm: unrecognized option”, which forced me to take off the gloves.
To remove a file with dashes, slashes or other special characters, the easiest way is to access the file using its inode. To get the inode of a file, just do a ls -li. When you have that number, use find to delete the file using the following command:
find . -inum [inode] -exec rm -i {} \;
Good hunting!
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is a series about five close friends living in New York. We follow them as they struggle through their lives, helping and supporting each other. They all have their own unique personalities and it is amazing to see them develop and enrichen during the course of the five seasons that have currently passed.
Back from my vacation
If you have contacted me lately or asked any questions on one of my posts and still haven’t received a reply, I will go through everything during the next few days. I have been traveling a lot, and I have tried being as much offline as possible during the summer.
Say hello to the iPad
I was considering buying an iPad, but I have to say that I was very sceptical about what it can do and whether I would have any use for it. After some deep pondering and a bit of gambling however, I decided to get one anyway.
The 32Gb 3G model seemed to be the best option, with plenty of space for anything from video podcasts to iPad applications. For protection, I also bought the Apple iPad sleeve which also doubles as a stand.
Since I am running iOS 4 on my iPhone, there was no way of restoring my apps and other information to the iPad. This means that I had to start from scratch, which is necessarily not a bad thing, and meant I was off to a fresh start.
After syncing with iTunes, I fired up Safari and was delighted to see my bookmark toolbar appear exactly as it does on the Mac! I will not bore you with writing about the pure awesomeness of browsing the web with the iPad, there are lots of other places for that. Instead, I let me share the first problem I found; there is no Swedish keyboard! Granted, it has not been released in Sweden, but it is still just a software keyboard. I was also wondering who at Apple thought it was a good idea releasing the iPad without iOS 4 and multitasking.
I was delighted to see lots of beautiful and truly usable apps already available for the iPad, such as Reeder, which is an excellent RSS reader which synchronizes to Google Reader. I get all my RSS fixes using this app since I bought it — it just provides an excellent reading experience.
Another remarkable and excellent application is Air Video, which simply lets you stream on-the-fly transcoded videos directly to your iPad (and iPhone). This might not sound like anything special, but the experience is perfect, and everything just works right out of the box. You can stream anything including high-definition Matroska files, and the video quality is flawless.
This was a first of a numer of posts regarding the iPad and my experiences with it. As I use it for just about anything right now, there are lots of apps and experiences to stumble upon and share. And just remember to get a good microfiber cloth for cleaning the screen from time to time.
Oh, this post was entirely written on the iPad using the WordPress app.
Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers (2001) is a 10 part mini-series about the Easy Company (506th Infantry Regiment) in the US 101st Airborne division and their mission in the second world war. They start out in England, with a mission to parachute behind enemy lines in Normandie, in the early hours on D-day. They continued though France, including the Siege of Bastogne, and made their way though Holland with Operation Market Garden, later entering Germany and finally Austria.
Jennifer’s Body
Jennifer’s Body (2009) is the story about a nerdy bookworm called “Needy” (Amanda Seyfried) and a beautiful cheerleader, Jennifer (Megan Fox), who also happen to be best friends. After a fire at a local bar, Jennifer is abducted by the band who played at the bar. When Jennifer returned, she has changed. While still holding true to her friendship with Needy, she has a sudden taste for blood.
When in Rome
When in Rome (2010) is a movie about Beth (Kristen Bell) a hard-working woman, who is attending her sisters wedding in Rome. At one point she steals coins from a fountain of love, which has some unexpected consequences in the future for Beth.
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects (1995) is a movie about five conmen, who are brought in for questioning by the police. None of the are guilty, so they join together to perform a retaliation against the police. One of the conmen, Roger “Verbal” Kint (Kevin Spacey) is brought in for questioning regarding a boat explosion resulting in the death of 27 people.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2009) is a movie about Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) and Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) who have just broken up. Jason is devastated about the break-up and decided to go on a vacation to Hawaii. The thing is, Sarah also happens to be on the very same resort with her new boyfriend, a rockstar named Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). Peter runs into Rachel Jansen (Mila Kunis) who works at the hotel.
Robin Hood
Robin Hood (2010) is a movie about the classic story about Robin Longstride (Russel Crowe). The story begins in France with the death of King Richard and the journey back to England. Robin decided to honor a dying man’s wish, to return the sword of Walter of Locksley back to him.