Linux File System - Folder Removal with Special Charakters

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

we have an Linux Debian Server in our House as Developer Machine. One of our developers has created accidental an Folder Called Ð?оваÑ? папка

How can I Remove this folder.

I have tried Several things such as Wildcard, Delete via inode Number, Remove via find, but nothing works.

All i get is

No such file or Directory

Here is my Complete Screen from my Removal Tests

root@debian:/etc# cd /var/mmstylo
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# ls -la
total 13
drwxrwxrwx 6 www-data www-data  296 Apr 11 18:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data   64 Apr 10 13:24 Ð?оваÑ? папка
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 4096 Apr 10 13:24 ._.DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 root     root     6148 Apr 11 18:04 .DS_Store
drwx------ 2 root     root       64 Mar 11 10:31 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data www-data  344 Apr 11 17:21 testwebdav
drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data www-data  280 Apr 10 13:27 webdav
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm Ð?оваÑ? папка
rm: cannot remove 'Ð?оваÑ?': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 'папка': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm "Ð?оваÑ? папка"
rm: cannot remove 'Ð?оваÑ? папка': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# mc

root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm -rf "/var/mmstylo/Ð.оваÑ. папка"

root@debian:/var/mmstylo# ls -li
total 2
93906511492624 drwxrwxrwx 2 root     root      64 Apr 10 13:24 Ð?оваÑ? папка
93906511480544 drwx------ 2 root     root      64 Mar 11 10:31 lost+found
93906511486864 drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data www-data 344 Apr 11 17:21 testwebdav
93906511487328 drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data www-data 280 Apr 10 13:27 webdav
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# find . -inum 93906511492624 -delete
find: cannot delete ‘./Ð\302\235оваÑ\302\217 папка’: No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# find . -inum 93906511492624 -exec rm -i {} \;
rm: cannot remove './Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка': Is a directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm *?оÐ*
rm: cannot remove 'Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка': Is a directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# find . -inum 93906511492624 -exec rm -ir {} \;
rm: remove directory './Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка'? yes
rm: cannot remove './Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# mc

root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm *Ñ. Ð*
rm: cannot remove '*Ñ.': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 'Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка': Is a directory

root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm "*Ñ. Ð*"
rm: cannot remove '*Ñ. Ð*': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm './Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка'
rm: cannot remove './Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка': Is a directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# mv /var/mmstylo/'./Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка' /var/mmsytlo/testfolder                                                                                                                    mv: cannot move '/var/mmstylo/./Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка' to '/var/mmsytlo/testfolder': No suc                                                                                                                    h file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# mv './Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка' /var/mmstylo/testfolder
mv: cannot move './Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка' to '/var/mmstylo/testfolder': Input/output error
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# mc

root@debian:/var/mmstylo# ls *Ñ? Ð*
ls: cannot access '*Ñ?': No such file or directory
Ð?оваÑ? папка:
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm -r 'Ð?оваÑ?'' папка'
rm: cannot remove 'Ð?оваÑ? папка': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm -r 'Ð?оваÑ?''папка'
rm: cannot remove 'Ð?оваÑ?папка': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm -r 'Ð?оваÑ?' 'папка'
rm: cannot remove 'Ð?оваÑ?': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 'папка': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm -r 'Ð?оваÑ?'*'папка'
rm: cannot remove 'Ð?оваÑ?*папка': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# rm -r 'Ð?оваÑ?*папка'
rm: cannot remove 'Ð?оваÑ?*папка': No such file or directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# ls -la
total 13
drwxrwxrwx 6 www-data www-data  296 Apr 11 18:04 .
drwxrwxrwx 2 root     root       64 Apr 10 13:24 Ð?оваÑ? папка
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 4096 Apr 10 13:24 ._.DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 root     root     6148 Apr 11 18:04 .DS_Store
drwx------ 2 root     root       64 Mar 11 10:31 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data www-data  344 Apr 11 17:21 testwebdav
drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data www-data  280 Apr 10 13:27 webdav
root@debian:/var/mmstylo# find . -xdev -inum 93906511492624 -exec rm -i '{}' ';'
rm: cannot remove './Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка': Is a directory
root@debian:/var/mmstylo#

We have to delete this Folder because some of our External Customers gets Virus Errors and Warnings every time about this Folder.

But its empty, and guaranteed no Virus.

manpreet 2 years ago

You already have a couple of instances where the directory name is properly escaped and passed correctly to the rm command but those result in an error message, for instance:

rm: cannot remove './Ð'$'\302\235''оваÑ'$'\302\217'' папка': Is a directory

The rm command without any arguments won't remove directories. Try rmdir or use the -rargument for rm