delete file with inode

ls -il   #list file inode


stat  filename  

SYNTAX-  find . -inum [inode-number] -exec rm -i {} \;

Example:-
 
find . -inum 782263 -exec rm -i {} \;

(a) Create a hard to delete file name:
$ cd /tmp
$ touch "\+Xy \+\8"
$ ls
(b) Try to remove this file with rm command:
$ rm \+Xy \+\8

(c) Remove file by an inode number, but first find out the file inode number:
$ ls -ilOutput:

781956 drwx------  3 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:05 gconfd-viv
781964 drwx------  2 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:05 keyring-pKracm
782049 srwxr-xr-x  1 viv viv    0 2006-01-27 15:05 mapping-viv
781939 drwx------  2 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:31 orbit-viv
781922 drwx------  2 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:05 ssh-cnaOtj4013
781882 drwx------  2 viv viv 4096 2006-01-27 15:05 ssh-SsCkUW4013
782263 -rw-r--r--  1 viv viv    0 2006-01-27 15:49 \+Xy \+\8

Note: 782263 is inode number.
(d) Use find command to delete file by inode:
Find and remove file using find command, type the command as follows:
$ find . -inum 782263 -exec rm -i {} \;