These two files are artefacts of Office 2011 that are preventing removal the 'Contents' directory. How do I delete these?
sh-3.2# ls -l -a
total 21496
drwx------+ 15 Beef staff 480 Jan 14 23:32 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 19 Beef staff 608 Jan 14 23:40 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Beef staff 10244 Jan 10 10:36 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 Beef staff 0 Dec 25 23:13 .localized
drwxrwxrwx 47 Beef staff 1504 Jan 2 00:01 CSC119 - 1228
drwxrwxrwx 7 Beef staff 224 Jan 1 22:50 Chris 1228
drwxrwxr-x@ 3 Beef staff 96 Aug 25 2010 Contents
drwxrwxrwx@ 5 Beef staff 1
sh-3.2# cd Contents
sh-3.2# ls -l -a
total 0
drwxrwxr-x@ 3 Beef staff 96 Aug 25 2010 .
drwx------+ 15 Beef staff 480 Jan 14 23:32 ..
Specifically the these to above '.' and '..' files in the Contents dir. I am using a bash shell on my Mac terminal. I am in root.
Thanks!
sh-3.2# ls -a -l
total 21496
drwx------+ 15 Beef staff 480 Jan 14 23:32 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 19 Beef staff 608 Jan 15 00:19 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Beef staff 10244 Jan 10 10:36 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 Beef staff 0 Dec 25 23:13 .localized
drwxrwxrwx 47 Beef staff 1504 Jan 2 00:01 CSC119 - 1228
drwxrwxrwx 7 Beef staff 224 Jan 1 22:50 Chris 1228
drwxrwxr-x@ 3 Beef staff 96 Aug 25 2010 Contents
drwxrwxrwx@ 5 Beef staff 160 Dec 28 12:09 Lily 1228
drwxrwxrwx 29 Beef staff 928 Jan 3 21:48 Old Dell Laptop
lrwxr-xr-x 1 Beef staff 29 Dec 26 02:51 Relocated Items -> /Users/Shared/Relocated Items
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Beef staff 1554944 Jan 8 2019 SanDisk Flashback.pdf
drwxrwxrwx 4 Beef staff 128 Jan 8 2019 SanDiskSecureAccess
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Beef staff 8600360 Nov 4 2016 SanDiskSecureAccessV3.01_win.exe
drwxr-xr-x@ 9 Beef staff 288 Jan 10 11:41 Scanned Docs
drwxrwxrwx 4 Beef staff 128 Dec 19 10:04 google
sh-3.2# rmdir Contents
rmdir: Contents: Directory not empty
sh-3.2# rmdir -p Contents
rmdir: Contents: Directory not empty
How do I get rid of this dir?
sh-3.2# ls -a -l
total 21496
drwx------+ 15 Beef staff 480 Jan 14 23:32 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 19 Beef staff 608 Jan 15 00:19 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 Beef staff 10244 Jan 10 10:36 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 Beef staff 0 Dec 25 23:13 .localized
drwxrwxrwx 47 Beef staff 1504 Jan 2 00:01 CSC119 - 1228
drwxrwxrwx 7 Beef staff 224 Jan 1 22:50 Chris 1228
drwxrwxr-x@ 3 Beef staff 96 Aug 25 2010 Contents
drwxrwxrwx@ 5 Beef staff 160 Dec 28 12:09 Lily 1228
drwxrwxrwx 29 Beef staff 928 Jan 3 21:48 Old Dell Laptop
lrwxr-xr-x 1 Beef staff 29 Dec 26 02:51 Relocated Items -> /Users/Shared/Relocated Items
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 Beef staff 1554944 Jan 8 2019 SanDisk Flashback.pdf
drwxrwxrwx 4 Beef staff 128 Jan 8 2019 SanDiskSecureAccess
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Beef staff 8600360 Nov 4 2016 SanDiskSecureAccessV3.01_win.exe
drwxr-xr-x@ 9 Beef staff 288 Jan 10 11:41 Scanned Docs
drwxrwxrwx 4 Beef staff 128 Dec 19 10:04 google
sh-3.2# sudo rm -r -f Contents
rm: Contents: Directory not empty
It still won't delete.
.
and..
are present in all directories in unix filesystems (they are links to the directory itself, and its parent, respectively). They inherently cannot be deleted themselves, and will not prevent deleting the directory.xattr -lr Contents
say?ls
, so you can usels -la
instead ofls -l -a
.