Solution:

At your ACME prompt type: rm filename

I'm trying to remove a file, but it won't go away. What can I do to get rid of it? In general, the following will work: Use an "ls -i" command to list files along with their "inode number". From this listing, determine the inode number associated with the file you want to remove, and substitute it for "12345" in the following command:

find . -inum 12345 -ok rm '{}' \;

-ok is a safety check -- it will prompt you for confirmation of the command it's about to execute. You can use -exec instead to avoid the prompting, if you want to live dangerously, or if you suspect that the filename may contain a funny character sequence that will mess up your screen when printed.

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