[FIXED] how can I delete file which has invalid file name?

Issue

There is 2 loader.bin. But one of them has carrage return at the end of the file name. Because of this, I can't delete the file, and directory containing the file. Even with command prompt, I can't delete it. I tried:

del *
del loader.*

above says name or label is wrong. So I

cd ..
dir /x

to check DOS path name of the directory And delete with DOS path del TEXT_L~1 and again, above says name or label is wrong.

I also tried to delete the directory with "\?\" prefix. something like:

del "\\?\D:\directory\blahblah\directory"

and again, name error occurs.

How can I delete this file? Can I have some hint?

I guess that there is carriage return at the end of name because auto complete in git bash complete the name as "loader.bin^M"

I think the file came from wrong command from batch file like:

fasm file.asm loader.bin(here's carriage return)

(fasm is assembler program) Batch file's end of line may have been changed while I changed platform from linux to windows.

EDIT: The file refused to get deleted with following method too.

1. delete with /P option

   del /P directoryName
   

2. with DeleteFileW windows API

   #include <windows.h>
   int main()
   {
       DeleteFileW(L"E:\\directory\\blahblah\\directory");
   }
   

Solution

this problem never happened to me but maybe using del /P directory you could be able to remove the file.

Update

You could use a live Linux distro and delete the file you need.

Thanks

Answered By - Alberto

Answer Checked By - David Goodson (PHPFixing Volunteer)