Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!(solved)

[kiraitachi]

HI i just encountred a problem i have a file .xls that i want to delete in my documents folder....but when i try to delete it says

The file or folder /home/kira/Documents/Elaboracion de un presupuesto (Allan Zu�iga Falla).xls does not exist

So my problem is the following how can i delete that file i already tryed to restart the computer to see if dissapears and already went into admin mode to delete it says the same...so?? anyone ideas? thanks


Any ideas?

[Rog131]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

Have you tried with the remove command ?

man rm

NAME
rm - remove files or directories

SYNOPSIS
rm [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each specified file. By default,
it does not remove directories.

Open a konsole to the /home/kira/Documents/. So the ls command will tell:

ls -l

...
-rw-r--r-- 1 kira kira 2 2009-11-29 17:15 Elaboracion de un presupuesto (Allan Zu�iga Falla).xls
...

remove with the:

rm *Falla*.xls

It should remove all .xls files that have the "Falla" in the name. BE CAREFUL !!

[josefko]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

I think that the problem is this � character. Try if it is not possible to rename the file to have all characters readable. I had the same issue in Windows. It was necessary first to remove unreadable characters and then remove worked fine.

[Telengard]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

I think that the problem is this � character. Try if it is not possible to rename the file to have all characters readable. I had the same issue in Windows. It was necessary first to remove unreadable characters and then remove worked fine.

I have had this problem before. The trouble seems to be that the funny character is not within the normal character set of the system. It is impossible to reproduce the character by typing, and maybe the GUI program has trouble interpreting the character correctly. I believe I solved it by using the mv command with wild cards.

[kiraitachi]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

Hey guys i tried what u said.....first....replaying to Rog131 this is what happend if i tryed what u said:

kira@Kiraitachi:~/Documents$ ls
Elaboracion de un presupuesto (Allan Zu?iga Falla).xls
kira@Kiraitachi:~/Documents$ rm Falla
rm: cannot remove `Falla': No such file or directory
kira@Kiraitachi:~/Documents$ ls
Elaboracion de un presupuesto (Allan Zu?iga Falla).xls
kira@Kiraitachi:~/Documents$ ls -l
total 28
-rw-r--r-- 1 kira kira 25088 2009-11-29 11:38 Elaboracion de un presupuesto (Allan Zu?iga Falla).xls
kira@Kiraitachi:~/Documents$ rm Falla
rm: cannot remove `Falla': No such file or directory
kira@Kiraitachi:~/Documents$ rm Elaboracion de un presupuesto (Allan Zu?iga Falla).xls
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
kira@Kiraitachi:~/Documents$

And for the rest of u guys....when i tryed to rename it or change its name it says it doesnt exist the file so i cant rename it any more ideas?

[Telengard]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

I would try this:

mv -iv "Elaboracion de un presupuesto*.xls delete_me

• Open a Konsole window (Alt+F2 -> konsole)
• Use the cd command to navigate to the directory that contains your file
• Copy and paste the code above into Konsole
• Copy and paste the results into your reply here

[Rog131]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

rm Falla

is not same as the

rm *Falla*.xls

The * is a wildcard > LINUX BASICS: Can I Use Wildcards with Linux?

[Snowhog]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

And for the rest of u guys....when i tryed to rename it or change its name it says it doesnt exist the file so i cant rename it any more ideas?

NOT intending to be condescending in any way - really - get a good book on learning the Bash Shell. I recommend "Learning the bash Shell" published by O'Reilly. If you are going to work (at all) from the CLI (console), then this book will do you a lot of good. I use it (among others), and keep it by my PC for ready access.

[Telengard]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

Advice for learning the shell follows.

My own HOWTO find Kubuntu's documentation Especially the section Command line documentation

Qqmike's tutorial Commands at Konsole: Beginners

$ sudo apt-get install bash-doc
$ info bashref
$ info coreutils

Also don't forget to try info command_name, man command_name, and apropos topic.

Command Line Howto in Community Ubuntu Documentation

Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition

LinuxCommand.org

SS64.com Command line reference

[kiraitachi]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

lol thanks a lot guys the *Falla*.xls worked fine for me but one thing for curiosity what is a wildcardexplain it to me just to know the concept and what i was doing thanks, and i appreciate telling me about learning bash is only that lately with all the tests in college and that **** i almost got no time for anything else XD but thanks :P

[Ole Juul]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

The short explanation is that a wildcard represents anything. The * also represents not only one character, but any number of characters. So *Falla* means Falla with anything in front of it and anything behind it. The old expression "download *.*" means download "everything".

[Telengard]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!

lol thanks a lot guys the *Falla*.xls worked fine for me but one thing for curiosity what is a wildcard

http://www.answers.com/topic/asterisk

http://www.answers.com/wildcard

http://www.answers.com/pattern%20matching

[kiraitachi]

Re: Cant delete file? file dont exist error!!!(solved)

Ok understood it was pretty simple...lol thanks :P